Now it came about after
many
days
, when
the LORD
had given
arest
to Israel
from all
their enemies
1on every
side
, and Joshua
was old
, advanced
in years
,
that aJoshua called
for all
Israel
, for their elders
and their heads
and their judges
and their officers
, and said
to them, "I am
old
, advanced
in years
.
"And you have seen all
that the LORD
your God
has done
to all
these
nations
because
of you, for athe LORD
your God
is He who has been fighting
for you.
"See, aI have apportioned
to you these
nations
which remain
as an inheritance
for your tribes
, with all
the nations
which
I have cut
off
, from the Jordan
even to the Great
Sea
toward the setting
of the sun
.
"The LORD your God
, He will thrust
them out from before
you and 1 adrive
them from before
you; and byou will possess
their land
, just
as the LORD
your God
2promised
you.
" aBe very firm
, then, to keep
and do
all
that is written
in the book
of the law
of Moses
, so that you may not turn
aside
from it to the right
hand
or to the left
,
so that you will not 1associate
with these
nations
, these
which remain
among
you, or amention
the name
of their gods
, or bmake anyone swear
by them, or cserve
them, or bow
down
to them.
"But you are to cling to the LORD
your God
, as you have done
to this
day
.
" aFor the LORD has 1driven
out great
and strong
nations
from before
you; and as for you, bno
man
has stood
before
you to this
day
.
" aOne of your men
puts
to flight
a thousand
, for the LORD
your God
is bHe who fights
for you, just
as He 1promised
you.
"So take diligent
heed
to yourselves
to love
the LORD
your God
.
"For if you ever
go
back
and acling
to the rest
of these
nations
, these
which remain
among
you, and bintermarry
with them, so that you 1associate
with them and they with you,
know with certainty
that the LORD
your God
will not continue
to 1drive
these
nations
out from before
you; but they will be a asnare
and a trap
to you, and a whip
on your sides
and thorns
in your eyes
, until
you perish
from off
this
good
land
which
the LORD
your God
has given
you.
"Now behold, today
aI am going
the way
of all
the earth
, and you know
in all
your hearts
and in all
your souls
that bnot one
word
of all
the good
words
which
the LORD
your God
spoke
concerning
you has failed
; all
have 1been fulfilled
for you, not 2one
of them has failed
.
"It shall come about that just
as all
the good
words
which
the LORD
your God
spoke
to you have come
upon you, so
athe LORD
will bring
upon you all
the threats
, until
He has destroyed
you from off
this
good
land
which
the LORD
your God
has given
you.
" aWhen you transgress the covenant
of the LORD
your God
, which
He commanded
you, and go
and serve
other
gods
and bow
down
to them, then the anger
of the LORD
will burn
against you, and you will perish
quickly
from off
the good
land
which
He has given
you."