Joshua’s Farewell Address

1And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.   grew

2And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and stricken in age:

3And you^p have seen all that the Lord your^p God has done to all these nations because of you^p; for the Lord your^p God is He that has fought for you^p.

4Behold, I have divided to you^p by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your^p tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea westward.   Mediterranean

5And the Lord your^p God, He shall expel them from before you^p, and drive them from out of your^p sight; and you^p shall possess their land, as the Lord your^p God has promised to you^p.

6Be you^p therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you^p turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

7That you^p come not among these nations, these that remain among you^p; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves^p to them:

8But cling to the Lord your^p God, as you^p have done to this day.

9For the Lord has driven out from before you^p great nations and strong: but as for you^p, no man has been able to stand before you^p to this day.

10One man of you^p shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your^p God, He it is that fights for you^p, as He has promised you^p.

11Take good heed therefore to yourselves^p, that you^p love the Lord your^p God.

12Else if you^p do in any wise go back, and cling to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you^p, and shall make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you^p:

13Know for a certainty that the Lord your^p God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you^p; but they shall be snares and traps to you^p, and scourges in your^p sides, and thorns in your^p eyes, until you^p perish from off this good land which the Lord your^p God has given you^p.   whipping

14And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you^p know in all your^p hearts and in all your^p souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your^p God spoke concerning you^p; all are come to pass to you^p, and not one thing has failed thereof.

15Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you^p, which the Lord your^p God promised you^p; so shall the Lord bring upon you^p all evil things, until He have destroyed you^p from off this good land which the Lord your^p God has given you^p.

16When you^p have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your^p God, which He commanded your^p, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves^p to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you^p, and you^p shall perish quickly from off the good land which He has given to you^p.   agreement