13. He will love you, bless you, and increase the number of your descendants. He will bless you with children. He will bless your land with produce: grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will bless your herds with calves, and your flocks with lambs and kids. This will all happen in the land the Lord will give you, as he swore to your ancestors.
14. You will be blessed more than any other people. Your men and women will be able to have children, and your animals will be able to have offspring.
15. The Lord will keep you from having any kind of illness. He will not strike you with any of the terrible diseases you experienced in Egypt. Instead, he will strike all those who hate you.
16. You must destroy all the people the Lord your God hands over to you. Have no pity on them, and never worship their gods, because they will be a trap for you.
17. You may say to yourselves, “These nations outnumber us. How can we force them out?”
18. Don’t be afraid of them. Remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and all of Egypt.
19. You saw with your own eyes the terrible plagues, the miraculous signs, and the amazing things the Lord did. He used his mighty hand and powerful arm to bring you out. He will do the same thing to all the people you’re afraid of.
20. The Lord your God will spread panic among them until they all die. There will be no one left—not even those who were hiding from you.
21. Don’t be afraid of them, because the Lord your God is with you. He is a great and awe-inspiring God.
22. Little by little he will force these nations out of your way. You won’t be able to wipe them out quickly. Otherwise, you would be overrun with wild animals.
23. The Lord your God will hand these people over to you and will throw them into a great panic until they’re destroyed.
24. He will hand their kings over to you, and no one on earth will even remember their names. No one will be able to stop you. You will destroy them all.
25. Burn their idols. Don’t ever long for the silver and gold on these idols or take any of it for yourselves. It might be a trap for you. Besides, these idols are disgusting to the Lord your God.