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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.
02 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:
03 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.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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;
07 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:
08 But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have
done unto this day.
09 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.
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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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