6. “So be very careful to follow everything Moses wrote in the Book of Instruction. Do not deviate from it, turning either to the right or to the left.
7. Make sure you do not associate with the other people still remaining in the land. Do not even mention the names of their gods, much less swear by them or serve them or worship them.
8. Rather, cling tightly to the lord your God as you have done until now.
9. “For the lord has driven out great and powerful nations for you, and no one has yet been able to defeat you.
10. Each one of you will put to flight a thousand of the enemy, for the lord your God fights for you, just as he has promised.