IV.
Joshua's departure
23:1—24:33
A.
Joshua's parting word to the elders, heads, judges, and officers of Israel
23:1-16
Josh. 23
:1
23:1
And many days after Jehovah had given Israel
arest from all their enemies around
them and Joshua was
bold and advanced in age,
Josh. 23
:2
23:2
Joshua acalled for all Israel, for their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers; and he said to them, I am old
and advanced in age;
Josh. 23
:3
23:3
And you have
aseen all that Jehovah your God has done to all these nations because of you, for it was Jehovah your God who
bfought for you.
Josh. 23
:4
23:4
See, I have
aallotted to you all these nations that remain as an inheritance for your tribes, as well as all the nations that I cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun.
Josh. 23
:5
23:5
And Jehovah your God, He will
athrust them out before you and dispossess them out of your sight; and you will
bpossess their land, as Jehovah your God spoke to you.
Josh. 23
:6
23:6
Therefore be very strong to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left,
Josh. 23
:7
23:7
And not going unto these nations, these that remain with you; neither shall you make
amention of the names of their gods, nor cause
anyone to swear
by them, nor serve them, nor bow down to them;
Josh. 23
:8
23:8
But you shall
acling to Jehovah your God, as you have done to this day.
Josh. 23
:9
23:9
For Jehovah has
adispossessed great and strong nations because of you; but as for you, no one has stood before you to this day.
Josh. 23
:10
23:10
One man of you
achases a thousand, for it is Jehovah your God who
bfights for you, as He has spoken to you.
Josh. 23
:11
23:11
Be very careful therefore for yourselves, that you
1love Jehovah your God.
Josh. 23
:12
23:12
But if you do indeed turn back and cling to the remainder of these nations, these that remain with you, and
amarry into them, and go among them and they among you;
Josh. 23
:13
23:13
Know for certain that Jehovah your God will no longer
adispossess these nations out of your sight, but they will become a snare and a trap to you, and a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Jehovah your God has given you.
Josh. 23
:14
23:14
And now today I am
agoing the way of all the earth; and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not a word has
bfailed of all the good things that Jehovah your God spoke concerning you. All has come to pass for you; not one word of it has failed.
Josh. 23
:15
23:15
But just as all the good things that Jehovah your God spoke concerning you have come upon you, so will Jehovah cause all the
aevil things to come upon you, until He has destroyed you from this good land that Jehovah your God has given you.
Josh. 23
:16
23:16
When you transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them, the anger of Jehovah will burn against you, and you will
aperish quickly from the good land that He has given you.
