| Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, Joshua was old, advanced in age. | 1A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years, |
| 2So Joshua summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and said to them, "I am old, advanced in age, | 2he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said, |
| 3and you have seen for yourselves everything the LORD your God did to all these nations on your account, because it was the LORD your God who was fighting for you. | 3“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you. |
| 4See, I have allotted these remaining nations to you as an inheritance for your tribes, including all the nations I have destroyed, from the Jordan westward to the Mediterranean Sea. | 4See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea. |
| 5The LORD your God will force them back on your account and drive them out before you so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you. | 5The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you. |
| 6"Be very strong and continue obeying all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you do not turn from it to the right or left | 6Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left. |
| 7and so that you do not associate with these nations remaining among you. Do not call on the names of their gods or make an oath to them; do not serve them or bow in worship to them. | 7So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them. |
| 8Instead, be loyal to the LORD your God, as you have been to this day. | 8Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day. |
| 9"The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one is able to stand against you to this day. | 9The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you. |
| 10One of you routed a thousand because the LORD your God was fighting for you, as he promised. | 10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised. |
| 11So diligently watch yourselves! Love the LORD your God! | 11Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God. |
| 12If you ever turn away and become loyal to the rest of these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry or associate with them and they with you, | 12For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, |
| 13know for certain that the LORD your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you. They will become a snare and a trap for you, a sharp stick for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God has given you. | 13know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. |
| 14"I am now going the way of the whole earth, and you know with all your heart and all your soul that none of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed. | 14Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed. |
| 15Since every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come about, so he will bring on you every bad thing until he has annihilated you from this good land the LORD your God has given you. | 15But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you. |
| 16If you break the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow in worship to them, the LORD's anger will burn against you, and you will quickly disappear from this good land he has given you." | 16If 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 quickly perish from this good land He has given you.” |
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