17. "Three times a year all of your men must come to worship me. I am your Lord and King.
18. "Do not include anything that is made with yeast when you offer me the blood of a sacrifice. "Suppose the fat from sacrifices is left over from my feasts. Then do not keep it until morning.
19. "Bring the best of the first share of your crops to my house. I am the Lord your God. "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
20. "I am sending an angel ahead of you. He will guard you along the way. He will bring you to the place I have prepared.
21. Pay attention to him. Listen to what he says. Do not refuse to obey him. He will not forgive you if you turn against him. My very Name is in him.
22. Listen carefully to what he says. Do everything I say. Then I will be an enemy to your enemies. I will fight against those who fight against you.
23. "My angel will go ahead of you. He will bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites. I will wipe them out.
24. "Do not do what they do. Do not bow down to their gods or worship them. You must destroy the statues of their gods. You must break their sacred stones to pieces.
25. "I am the Lord your God. Worship me. Then I will bless your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.
26. In your land no woman will give birth to a dead baby. Every woman will be able to have children. I will give you a long life.
27. "I will send my terror ahead of you. I will throw every nation you meet into a panic. I will make all of your enemies turn their backs and run away.
28. I will send hornets ahead of you. They will drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
29. "But I will not drive them out in just one year. If I did, the land would be deserted. There would be too many wild animals for you.