10. Then the Lord said, "I am making a covenant with you. I will do wonderful things in front of all of your people. I will do miracles that have never been done before in any nation in the whole world. The people you live among will see the things that I, the Lord, will do for you. And they will see how wonderful those things really are.
11. "Obey what I command you today. I will drive out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites to make room for you.
12. "Be careful. Do not make a peace treaty with those who live in the land where you are going. They will be a trap to you.
13. Tear down their altars. Smash their sacred stones. Cut down the poles they use to worship the goddess Asherah.
14. Do not worship any other god. I am a jealous God. In fact, my name is Jealous.
15. "Be careful not to make a peace treaty with those who live in the land. They commit sin by offering sacrifices to their gods. They will invite you to eat their sacrifices.
16. You will choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons. And those daughters will commit sin by worshiping their gods. Then they will lead your sons to do the same thing.
17. "Do not make statues of gods.
18. "Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread that is made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Do it at the appointed time in the month of Abib. You came out of Egypt in that month.
19. "Every male animal that is born first to its mother belongs to me. That includes your livestock. It includes herds and flocks alike.
20. Sacrifice a lamb to buy back every male donkey that is born first to its mother. But if you do not buy the donkey back, break its neck. Buy back every oldest son. "You must not come to worship me with your hands empty.