³ So be aware today that ^(A)it is the Lord your God who is crossing over ahead of you as ^(B)a consuming fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, so that ^(C)you may drive them out and eliminate them quickly, just as the Lord has spoken to you.

²⁴ And it shall be, when ^(A)you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the baka-shrubs, then you shall ^[a]act promptly, for then ^(B)the Lord will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”