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JOSHUA ยท Chapter 23
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 all of you have seen all that the LORD your God has done unto
all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that has
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 all of you shall possess their land,
as the LORD your God has promised unto you.
23:6 Be all of you therefore very courageous to keep and to do all
that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that all of you turn not
aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
23:7 That all of you 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 all of you have done unto
this day.
23:9 For the LORD has driven out from before you great nations and
strong: but as for you, no man has 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 fights for you, as he has promised you.
23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that all of you love
the LORD your God.
23:12 Else if all of you do in any way 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
all of you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given
you.
23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and
all of you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one
thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning
you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing has 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 has given you.
23:16 When all of you 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 all of you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he
has given unto you.
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