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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.
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