Joshua
Chapter 23
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23:1 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.
23:2 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:
23:3 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.
23:4 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.
23:5 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.
23:6 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;
23:7 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:
23:8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye
have done unto this day.
23:9 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.
23:10 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.
23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
23:12 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:
23:13 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.
23:14 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.
23:15 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.
23:16 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.
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