²⁸ Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving you, so that it may always go well^(A) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

²⁹ The Lord your God will cut off^(B) before you the nations you are about to invade and dispossess. But when you have driven them out and settled in their land,^{(C) 30} and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared^(D) by inquiring about their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.”^(E)