They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail!

“Is this not stored up with me?” says the Lord, “Is it not sealed up in my storehouses?

However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

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.

“This commandment I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.

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!”

Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.

When Sihon and all his troops emerged to encounter us in battle at Jahaz,

Do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God will personally fight for you.”

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.

and any winged thing on the ground are impure to you – they may not be eaten.

One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.

If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

As for the Lord your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the Lord has said.

You have been taught that the Lord alone is God – there is no other besides him.

Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon – that is, Hermon –

but whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is ritually impure to you.

They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the Lord alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.

Understand today that the Lord your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he has told you.

However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, and you may use it to build siege works against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.