Joshua Chapter 23

Joshua Chapter 23
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,
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. 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. 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.
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.
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,
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:
8 But stick fast unto the Lord your God,
as ye have done unto this day. 9 For the
Lord hath cast out before you great
nations and mighty, and no man hath
stand before your face hitherto.
10 One man of you shall chase a
thousand: for the Lord your God, he
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 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,
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.
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.
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.
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.