11. Obey the laws that I am giving you today. I will drive out the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as you advance.
12. Do not make any treaties with the people of the country into which you are going, because this could be a fatal trap for you.
13. Instead, tear down their altars, destroy their sacred pillars, and cut down the symbols of their goddess Asherah.