Joshua 23:6-8

New Century Version

⁶ “Be strong. You must be careful to obey everything commanded in the Book of the Teachings of Moses. Do not stray from it either from the left or the right. ⁷ Don’t become friends with the people living among us who are not Israelites. Don’t say the names of their gods or make anyone swear by them. Don’t serve or worship them. ⁸ You must continue to follow the Lord your God, as you have done in the past.