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| [1]And a long season after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old, and stricken in age, |
[1]And it came to pass after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in years. |
| [2]Then Joshua called all Israel, and their elders, and their heads, and their judges, and their officers, and said unto them, I am old, and stricken in age. |
[2]And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years. |
| [3]Also ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations before you, how the Lord your God himself hath fought for you. |
[3]And ye have seen all that the Lord our God has done to all these nations before us; for it is the Lord your God who has fought for you. |
| [4]Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance according to your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have destroyed, even unto the great sea westward. |
[4]See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and some I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward. |
| [5]And the Lord your God shall expel them before you, and cast them out of your sight, and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath said unto you. |
[5]And the Lord our God, he shall destroy them before us, until they utterly perish; and he shall send against them the wild beasts, until he shall have utterly destroyed them and their kings from before you; and ye shall inherit their land, as the Lord our God said to you. |
| [6]Be ye therefore of a valiant courage, to observe and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not there from to the right hand nor to the left, |
[6]Do ye therefore strive diligently to observe and do all things written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not to the right hand or to the left; |
| [7]Neither company with these nations: that is, with them which are left with you, neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them nor bow unto them: |
[7]that ye go not in among these nations that are left; and the names of their gods shall not be named among you, neither shall ye serve them, neither shall ye bow down to them. |
| [8]But stick fast unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day. |
[8]But ye shall cleave to the Lord our God, as ye have done until this day. |
| [9]For the Lord hath cast out before you great nations and mighty, and no man hath stand before your face hitherto. |
[9]And the Lord shall destroy them before you, even great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day. |
| [10]One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. |
[10]One of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to us. |
| [11]Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God. |
[11]And take ye great heed to love the Lord our God. |
| [12]Else, if ye go back, and cleave unto the rest of these nations: that is, of them that remain with you, and shall make marriages with them, and go unto them, and they to you, |
[12]For if ye shall turn aside and attach yourselves to these nations that are left with you, and make marriages with them, and become mingled with them and they with you, |
| [13]Know ye for certain, that the Lord your God will cast out no more of these nations from before you: but they shall be a snare and destruction unto you, and a whip on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish out of this good land, which the Lord your God hath given you. |
[13]know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling-blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until ye be destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given you. |
| [14]And behold, this day do I enter into the way of all the world, and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that nothing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God promised you, but all are come to pass unto you: nothing hath failed thereof. |
[14]But I hasten to go the way of death, as all that are upon the earth also do: and ye know in your heart and in your soul, that not one word has fallen to the ground of all the words which the Lord our God has spoken respecting all that concerns us; there has not one of them failed. |
| [15]Therefore as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you, so shall the Lord bring upon you every evil thing, until he have destroyed you out of this good land, which the Lord your God hath given you. |
[15]And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon us which the Lord God will bring upon you all the evil things, until he shall have destroyed you from off this good land, which the Lord has given you, |
| [16]When ye shall transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and shall go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves to them, then shall the wrath of the Lord wax hot against you, and ye shall perish quickly out of the good land which he hath given you. |
[16]when ye transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which he has charged us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them. |