23 For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them. 24 You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces. 25 So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
Exodus 23:23–25
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