^{1 Ref} Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,

^{2 Ref} Joshua sent for all Israel, for their responsible men and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers, and said to them, I am old, and full of years:

^{3 Ref} You have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the Lord your God who has been fighting for you.

^{4 Ref} Now I have given to you, as the heritage of your tribes, all these nations which are still in the land, together with those cut off by me, from Jordan as far as the Great Sea on the west.

^{5 Ref} The Lord your God will send them away by force, driving them out before you; and you are to take their land for your heritage, as the Lord your God said to you.

^{6 Ref} So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;

^{7 Ref} Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:

^{8 Ref} But be true to the Lord your God as you have been till this day.

^{9 Ref} For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.

^{10 Ref} One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you.

^{11 Ref} So keep watch on yourselves, and see that you have love for the Lord your God.

^{12 Ref} For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:

^{13 Ref} Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

^{14 Ref} Now I am about to go the way of all the earth: and you have seen and are certain, all of you, in your hearts and souls, that in all the good things which the Lord said about you, he has kept faith with you; everything has come true for you.

^{15 Ref} And you will see that, as all the good things which the Lord your God undertook to do for you, have come to you, so the Lord will send down on you all the evil things till he has made your destruction complete, and you are cut off from the good land which the Lord your God has given you.

^{16 Ref} If the agreement of the Lord your God, which was given to you by his orders, is broken, and you become the servants of other gods and give them worship, then the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and you will quickly be cut off from the good land which he has given you.

^{1 Ref} And it came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;

^{2 Ref} that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and well stricken in years:

^{3 Ref} and ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for Jehovah your God, he it is that hath fought for you.

^{4 Ref} Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.

^{5 Ref} And Jehovah your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God spake unto you.

^{6 Ref} Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

^{7 Ref} that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear `by them', neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves unto them;

^{8 Ref} but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.

^{9 Ref} For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.

^{10 Ref} One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.

^{11 Ref} Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God.

^{12 Ref} Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;

^{13 Ref} know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

^{14 Ref} And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.

^{15 Ref} And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

^{16 Ref} When ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.