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1 And it will be from many days after that Jehovah caused Israel to rest from all their enemies round about, Joshua was old, gone in 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 will call to all Israel, to his old men and to his heads and to his judges and to his scribes, and he will say to them, I have become old; I came 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 ye saw all which Jehovah your God did to all these nations from your face; for Jehovah your God 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 cast to you in lot these nations having been left in inheritance to your tribes from Jordan, and all the nations which I cut off, and the great, sea, from the going down 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 Jehovah your God he shall thrust them away from your face and drive them out from before you; and ye possessed their land, as Jehovah your God spake 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 strong greatly to watch and to do all written in the book of the law of Moses, so as not to turn away from it to the right 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 So as not to come among these nations, these being left with you; and ye shall not make mention of the name of their gods, and ye shall not swear, and ye shall not serve them, and ye shall not worship 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 But ye shall cleave to Jehovah your God, as ye did even 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 Jehovah will drive out from your face great nations and strong: and you, a man stood not before you even 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 from you shall pursue a thousand: for Jehovah your God he fought for you as he spake 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 watch greatly for your souls, to love Jehovah 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 turning back, ye shall turn back and cleave to the remainder of these nations, these being left with you, and marry with them, and go in to them, and they in 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 Knowing, ye shall know that Jehovah your God will not add to drive out these nations from before you: and they, were to you for a snare and for a noose, and for a scourge in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till your destruction from this good land which Jehovah your God gave 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 go this day in the way of all the earth; and ye knew in all your heart and in all your soul that not one word fell from all the good words which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all came to you; not one word fell from it. “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 was as every good word came upon you which Jehovah your God spake to you, so Jehovah will bring upon you every evil word till his destroying you from off this good land which Jehovah your God gave 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 passing by the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and ye went and served other gods and worshipped to them; and the anger of Jehovah kindled against you, and ye perished quickly from off the good land which he gave 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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