23:1And 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;
23:2that
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:
23:3and 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.
23:4Behold, 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.
23:5And
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.
23:6Therefore 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;
23:7that 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;
23:8but cleave unto
Jehovah your
God, as ye have done unto this
day.
23:9For
Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no
man hath stood before you unto this
day.
23:10One
man of you shall chase a thousand; for
Jehovah your
God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.
23:11Take
good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye
love Jehovah your
God.
23:12Else 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;
23:13know 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.
23:14And, 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. 23:15And 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. 23:16When 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.
