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1 And it came to pass a long time after when YHWH had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua was old; he had entered into days. A long time afterward, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years, After a long time had passed and the LORD had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,
2 And Joshua called for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its officers, and he said to them, “I have become old; I have entered into days. Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, “I am now old and well advanced in years. summoned all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old.
3 And You⁺ have seen all that YHWH your⁺ God has done to all these nations before your⁺ faces, for YHWH your⁺ God is He who has fought for you⁺. And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is the LORD your God who has fought for you. You yourselves have seen everything the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
4 See, I have divided by lot to you⁺ these remaining nations, to be an inheritance for your⁺ tribes, from the Jordan, and with all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun. Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, along with all the nations that I have already cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west. Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
5 And YHWH your⁺ God, He will expel them from before you⁺ and drive them out of your⁺ sight; and you⁺ shall possess their land as YHWH your⁺ God has spoken to you⁺. The LORD your God will push them back before you and drive them out of your sight. And you shall possess their land, just as the LORD your God promised you. The LORD your God himself will push them out for your sake. He will drive them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
6 And be very courageous to keep and to do everything written in the Book of the Law of Moses, lest you turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left, Therefore, be very strong to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left, “Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.
7 and lest you go among these nations, these remaining among you⁺, and the name of their gods you⁺ shall not mention nor cause one to swear by them, and you⁺ shall not serve them and not bow down to them. that you may not mix with these nations remaining among you or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them, Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them.
8 For but to YHWH your⁺ God you⁺ shall hold fast, as you⁺ have done to this day. but you shall cling to the LORD your God just as you have done to this day. But you are to hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have until now.
9 And YHWH has driven out from before you⁺ great and mighty nations; and as for you⁺, a man has not been able to stand against you⁺ to this day. For the LORD has driven out before you great and strong nations. And as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day. “The LORD has driven out before you great and powerful nations; to this day no one has been able to withstand you.
10 One man of you⁺ shall chase a thousand, for YHWH your⁺ God is He who is fighting for you⁺ as He promised to you⁺. One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the LORD your God who fights for you, just as he promised you. One of you routs a thousand, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as he promised.
11 And exceedingly take heed to yourselves that you love YHWH your⁺ God. Be very careful, therefore, to love the LORD your God. So be very careful to love the LORD your God.
12 For if you⁺ at all turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations, these that remain among you⁺, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you⁺, For if you turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations remaining among you and make marriages with them, so that you associate with them and they with you, “But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them and associate with them,
13 then know for sure that YHWH your⁺ God will no longer drive out these nations from before you⁺, and they shall be to you⁺ snares and traps and scourges on your⁺ sides, and thorns in your⁺ eyes, until you⁺ perish from this good land that YHWH your⁺ God has given to you⁺. know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the LORD your God has given you. then you may be sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land, which the LORD your God has given you.
14 And behold, I am going this day the way of all the earth, and you⁺ know in all your⁺ hearts and in all your⁺ souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things that YHWH your⁺ God has spoken concerning you⁺. All have come to pass for you⁺; not one word has failed. “And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed. “Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.
15 And it will come to pass that as have come upon you⁺ all the good things that YHWH your⁺ God has spoken to you⁺, so YHWH will bring upon you⁺ all the word of evil, until He has destroyed you⁺ from this good land that YHWH your⁺ God has given to you⁺. But just as all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the LORD will bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land that the LORD your God has given you, But just as all the good things the LORD your God has promised you have come to you, so he will bring on you all the evil things he has threatened, until the LORD your God has destroyed you from this good land he has given you.
16 In your⁺ transgressing the covenant of YHWH your⁺ God that He commanded you⁺, and have gone and served other gods and bowed down to them, the anger of YHWH will burn against you⁺, and you⁺ shall perish quickly from the good land that He has given to you⁺.” if 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 be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he has given to you.” If you violate the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land he has given you.”
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