ASV_Strong : Joshua 23
1. And it came to pass after[H310] many[H7227] days[H3117], when Jehovah[H3068] had given rest[H5117] unto Israel[H3478] from all their enemies[H341] round about[H5439], and Joshua[H3091] was old[H2204] and well stricken[H935] in years[H3117];
2. that Joshua[H3091] called[H7121] for all Israel[H3478], for their elders[H2205] and for their heads[H7218], and for their judges[H8199] and for their officers[H7860], and said[H559] unto them[H2204], I am old and well stricken[H935] in years[H3117]:
3. and ye have seen[H7200] all that Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] hath done[H6213] unto all these nations[H1471] because[H6440] of you[H3068]; for Jehovah your God[H430], he it is that hath fought for you[H3898].
4. Behold[H7200], I have allotted[H5307] unto you these nations[H1471] that remain[H7604], to be an inheritance[H5159] for your tribes[H7626], from the Jordan[H3383], with all the nations[H1471] that I have cut off[H3772], even unto the great[H1419] sea[H3220] toward the going down of the sun[H3996].
5. And Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430], he will thrust[H1920] them out from before[H6440] you[H3423], and drive them from out of your sight[H6440]; and ye shall possess[H3423] their land[H776], as Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] spake unto you[H1696].
6. Therefore be ye very[H3966] courageous[H2388] to keep[H8104] and to do[H6213] all that is written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872], that ye turn[H5493] not aside therefrom to the right hand[H3225] or to the left[H8040];
7. that ye come[H935] not among these nations[H1471], these that remain[H7604] among you[H2142]; neither make mention of the name[H8034] of their gods[H430], nor cause to swear[H7650] by them[H5647], neither serve them[H7812], nor bow down yourselves unto them;
8. but cleave[H1692] unto Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430], as ye have done[H6213] unto this day[H3117].
9. For Jehovah[H3068] hath driven out[H3423] from before[H6440] you great[H1419] nations[H1471] and strong[H6099]; but as for you[H376], no man hath stood[H5975] before[H6440] you unto this day[H3117].
10. One[H259] man[H376] of you shall chase[H7291] a thousand[H505]; for Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430], he it is that fighteth[H3898] for you[H1696], as he spake unto you.
11. Take good[H3966] heed[H8104] therefore unto yourselves[H5315], that ye love[H157] Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430].
12. Else if ye do at all[H7725] go back[H7725], and cleave[H1692] unto the remnant[H3499] of these nations[H1471], even these that remain[H7604] among you[H2859], and make marriages with them[H935], and go in unto them, and they to you;
13. know[H3045] for a certainty[H3045] that Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] will no more[H3254] drive these nations[H1471] from out[H3423] of your sight[H6440]; but they shall be a snare[H6341] and a trap[H4170] unto you[H7850], and a scourge in your sides[H6654], and thorns[H6796] in your eyes[H5869], until ye perish[H6] from off this good[H2896] land[H127] which Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] hath given you[H5414].
14. And[H3117], behold, this day I am going[H1980] the way[H1870] of all the earth[H776]: and ye know[H3045] in all your hearts[H3824] and in all your souls[H5315], that not one[H259] thing[H1697] hath failed[H5307] of all the good[H2896] things[H1697] which Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] spake[H1696] concerning you[H935]; all are come to pass unto you[H259], not one thing[H1697] hath failed thereof[H5307].
15. And it shall come to pass[H2896], that as all the good things[H1697] are come[H935] upon you of which Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] spake[H1696] unto you[H3068], so will Jehovah bring[H935] upon you all the evil[H7451] things[H1697], until he have destroyed[H8045] you from off this good[H2896] land[H127] which Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] hath given you[H5414].
16. When ye transgress[H5674] the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430], which he commanded[H6680] you[H1980], and go and serve[H5647] other[H312] gods[H430], and bow[H7812] down yourselves to them[H639]; then will the anger of Jehovah[H3068] be kindled[H2734] against you[H6], and ye shall perish quickly[H4120] from off the good[H2896] land[H776] which he hath given unto you[H5414].
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