19. The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
20. “I am going to send an angel before you to protect you as you journey and to bring you into the place that I have prepared.
21. Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name is in him.
22. But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries.
23. For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely.
24. “You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Instead you must completely overthrow them and smash their standing stones to pieces.
25. You must serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from your midst.
26. No woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
27. “I will send my terror before you, and I will destroy all the people whom you encounter; I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
28. I will send hornets before you that will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you.
29. I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.