18. ‘Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast.‘The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.
19. ‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.‘Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
20. ‘See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
21. Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.
22. If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.
23. My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
24. Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces.