23Much later the LORD gave Israel security from their enemies around them. By that time Joshua was very old,H7227H3117H310H3068H5117H3478H341H5439H3091H2204H935H31172so he called all Israel, the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of the people, and said, "I am very old now.H3091H7121H3478H2205H7218H8199H7860H559H2204H935H31173You have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you. The LORD your God has been fighting for you.H7200H3068H430H6213H1471H6440H3068H430H38984I have assigned as the possession of your tribes the land of the nations that are still left, as well as of all the nations that I have already conquered, from the Jordan River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.H7200H5307H1471H7604H5159H7626H3383H1471H3772H1419H3220H3996H81215The LORD your God will make them retreat from you, and he will drive them away as you advance. You shall have their land, as the LORD your God has promised you.H3068H430H1920H6440H3423H6440H3423H776H3068H430H16966So be careful to obey and do everything that is written in the book of the Law of Moses. Do not neglect any part of it,H3966H2388H8104H6213H3789H5612H8451H4872H5493H3225H80407and then you will not associate with these peoples left among you or speak the names of their gods or use those names in taking vows or worship those gods or bow down to them.H935H1471H7604H2142H8034H430H7650H5647H78128Instead, be faithful to the LORD, as you have been till now.H1692H3068H430H6213H31179The LORD has driven great and powerful nations out as you advanced, and no one has ever been able to stand against you.H3068H3423H6440H1419H1471H6099H376H5975H6440H311710Any one of you can make a thousand men run away, because the LORD your God is fighting for you, just as he promised.H259H376H7291H505H3068H430H3898H169611Be careful, then, to love the LORD your God.H3966H8104H5315H157H3068H43012If you are disloyal and join with the nations that are still left among you and intermarry with them,H7725H7725H1692H3499H1471H7604H2859H93513you may be sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive these nations out as you advance. Rather, they will be as dangerous for you as a trap or a pit and as painful as a whip on your back or thorns in your eyes. And this will last until none of you are left in this good land which the LORD your God has given you.H3045H3045H3068H430H3254H3423H1471H6440H6341H4170H7850H6654H6796H5869H6H2896H127H3068H430H541414"Now my time has come to die. Every one of you knows in his heart and soul that the LORD your God has given you all the good things that he promised. Every promise he made has been kept; not one has failed.H3117H1980H1870H776H3045H3824H5315H259H1697H5307H2896H1697H3068H430H1696H935H259H1697H530715But just as he kept every promise that he made to you, so he will carry out every threat.H2896H1697H935H3068H430H1696H3068H935H7451H1697H8045H2896H127H3068H430H541416If you do not keep the covenant which the LORD your God commanded you to keep and if you serve and worship other gods, then in his anger he will punish you, and soon none of you will be left in this good land that he has given you."H5674H1285H3068H430H6680H1980H5647H312H430H7812H639H3068H2734H6H4120H2896H776H5414
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