| Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, Joshua was old, advanced in age. | 1The years passed, and the LORD had given the people of Israel rest from all their enemies. Joshua, who was now very old, |
| 2So Joshua summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and said to them, "I am old, advanced in age, | 2called together all the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel. He said to them, “I am now a very old man. |
| 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. | 3You have seen everything the LORD your God has done for you during my lifetime. The LORD your God has fought for you against your enemies. |
| 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. | 4I have allotted to you as your homeland all the land of the nations yet unconquered, as well as the land of those we have already conquered—from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. |
| 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. | 5This land will be yours, for the LORD your God will himself drive out all the people living there now. You will take possession of their land, just 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 | 6“So be very careful to follow everything Moses wrote in the Book of Instruction. Do not deviate from it, turning either 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. | 7Make sure you do not associate with the other people still remaining in the land. Do not even mention the names of their gods, much less swear by them or serve them or worship them. |
| 8Instead, be loyal to the LORD your God, as you have been to this day. | 8Rather, cling tightly to the LORD your God as you have done until now. |
| 9"The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one is able to stand against you to this day. | 9“For the LORD has driven out great and powerful nations for you, and no one has yet been able to defeat you. |
| 10One of you routed a thousand because the LORD your God was fighting for you, as he promised. | 10Each one of you will put to flight a thousand of the enemy, for the LORD your God fights for you, just as he has promised. |
| 11So diligently watch yourselves! Love the LORD your God! | 11So be very careful to 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, | 12“But if you turn away from him and cling to the customs of the survivors of these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry 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. | 13then know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive them out of your land. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap to you, a whip for your backs and thorny brambles in your eyes, and you will vanish from this good land 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. | 14“Soon I will die, going the way of everything on earth. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the LORD your God has come true. Not a single one 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 as surely as the LORD your God has given you the good things he promised, he will also bring disaster on you if you disobey him. He will completely destroy 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 break the covenant of the LORD your God by worshiping and serving other gods, his anger will burn against you, and you will quickly vanish from the good land he has given you.” |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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