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Joshua 23
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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