6. The Lord passed in front of Moses and said, “I am the Lord. The Lord is a God who shows mercy, who is kind, who doesn’t become angry quickly, who has great love and faithfulness
7. and is kind to thousands of people. The Lord forgives people for evil, for sin, and for turning against him, but he does not forget to punish guilty people. He will punish not only the guilty people, but also their children, their grandchildren, their great-grandchildren, and their great-great-grandchildren.”
8. Then Moses quickly bowed to the ground and worshiped.
9. He said, “Lord, if you are pleased with me, please go with us. I know that these are stubborn people, but forgive our evil and our sin. Take us as your own people.”
10. Then the Lord said, “I am making this agreement with you. I will do miracles in front of all your people—things that have never before been done for any other nation on earth—and the people with you will see my work. I, the Lord, will do wonderful things for you.
11. Obey the things I command you today, and I will force out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites ahead of you.
12. Be careful that you don’t make an agreement with the people who live in the land where you are going, because it will bring you trouble.
13. Destroy their altars, break their stone pillars, and cut down their Asherah idols.
14. Don’t worship any other god, because I, the Lord, the Jealous One, am a jealous God.
15. “Be careful that you don’t make an agreement with the people who live in that land. When they worship their gods, they will invite you to join them. Then you will eat their sacrifices.
16. If you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters worship gods, they will lead your sons to do the same thing.