¹⁰ This is how you will know that the living God^(A) is among you^(B) and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites,^(C) Hivites, Perizzites,^(D) Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.^(E)

²⁰ For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts^(A) to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.^(B)

²⁸ I will send the hornet^(A) ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites^(B) out of your way.

²⁰ Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet^(A) among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.