You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

There you will worship gods made by human hands – wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

You must not murder.

You must not commit adultery.

You must not steal.

The Lord is indeed going before you – he will be with you; he will not fail you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”

So I responded to you, “Do not be terrified of them!

But the Lord told me: “Tell them this: ‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”

(for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.

Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves, it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains.

You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell her; you must not take advantage of her, since you have already humiliated her.

They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors had not known about.

He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.

Then you came back and wept before the Lord, but he paid no attention to you whatsoever.

Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years.

You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.

Then they must proclaim, “Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime.