Joshua 23:10-12

Expanded Bible

¹⁰ With his help, one Israelite ·could defeat [routs] a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, as he promised to do. ¹¹ So you must be careful to love the Lord your God.

¹² “[^LBut] If you turn away from the way of the Lord and ·become friends with [ally yourselves with; cling to] ·these people who are not part of Israel [the remnant of these nations who remain among you] and marry them,