“1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given
rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua
waxed old [and] stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called for all Israel,
[and] for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges,
and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old [and] stricken
in age: 3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto
all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God [is] he that
hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these
nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from
Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the
great sea westward. 5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them
from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall
possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you. 6
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is
written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside
therefrom [to] the right hand or [to] the left; 7 That ye come not
among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make
mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them],
neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: 8 But cleave unto
the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9 For the LORD
hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but [as
for] you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he
[it is] that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.”
“11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the
LORD your God. 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto
the remnant of these nations, [even] these that remain among you,
and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to
you: 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more
drive out [any of] these nations from before you; but they shall be
snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in
your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD
your God hath given you. 14 And, behold, this day I [am] going the
way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your
souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which
the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto
you, [and] not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 Therefore it shall
come to pass, [that] as all good things are come upon you, which the
LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all
evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land
which the LORD your God hath given you. 16 When ye have transgressed
the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have
gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall
the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish
quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.”
(Joshua 23:1-16 AV)
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