Joshua 23
1 And it came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had given rest unto Israel
from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in
years;
2 that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and
for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and well
stricken in years:
3 and ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto all these nations
because of you; for Jehovah your God, he it is that hath fought for you.
4 Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an
inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have
cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
5 And Jehovah your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them
from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God
spake unto you.
6 Therefore be ye 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 down yourselves unto them;
8 but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.
9 For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as
for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.
10 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that
fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.
11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God.
12 Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations,
even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto
them, and they to you;
13 know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations
from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a
scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this
good land which Jehovah 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 Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass
unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.
15 And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of
which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the
evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah
your God hath given you.
16 When ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you,
and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the
anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off
the good land which he hath given unto you.