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 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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