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And it came to pass a long[H7227]time[H3117]after[H310] that the LORD[H3068] had given rest[H5117] unto Israel[H3478] from all their enemies[H341] round about[H5439], that Joshua[H3091] waxed old[H2204] and stricken[H935] in age[H3117].
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And Joshua[H3091]called[H7121] for all Israel[H3478], and for their elders[H2205], and for their heads[H7218], and for their judges[H8199], and for their officers[H7860], and said[H559] unto them, I am old[H2204] and stricken[H935] in age[H3117]:
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And ye have seen[H7200] all that the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] hath done[H6213] unto all these nations[H1471]because[H6440] of you; for the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] is he that hath fought[H3898] for you.
4Behold[H7200], I have divided[H5307] unto you by lot these nations[H1471] that remain[H7604], to be an inheritance[H5159] for your tribes[H7626], from Jordan[H3383], with all the nations[H1471] that I have cut off[H3772], even unto the great[H1419]sea[H3220]westward[H3996].
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And the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], he shall expel[H1920] them from before[H6440] you, and drive[H3423] them from out of your sight[H6440]; and ye shall possess[H3423] their land[H776], as the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] hath promised[H1696] unto you.
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Be ye therefore very[H3966]courageous[H2388] to keep[H8104] and to do[H6213] all that is written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872], that ye turn[H5493] not aside therefrom to the right hand[H3225] or to the left[H8040];
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That ye come[H935] not among these nations[H1471], these that remain[H7604] among you; neither make mention[H2142] of the name[H8034] of their gods[H430], nor cause to swear[H7650] by them, neither serve[H5647] them, nor bow[H7812] yourselves unto them:
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But cleave[H1692] unto the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], as ye have done[H6213] unto this day[H3117].
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For the LORD[H3068] hath driven out[H3423] from before[H6440] you great[H1419]nations[H1471] and strong[H6099]: but as for you, no man[H376] hath been able to stand[H5975]before[H6440] you unto this day[H3117].
10One[H259]man[H376] of you shall chase[H7291] a thousand[H505]: for the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], he it is that fighteth[H3898] for you, as he hath promised[H1696] you.
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Take good[H3966]heed[H8104] therefore unto yourselves[H5315], that ye love[H157] the LORD[H3068] your God[H430].
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Else if ye do in[H935] any wise[H7725] go back[H7725], and cleave[H1692] unto the remnant[H3499] of these nations[H1471], even these that remain[H7604] among you, and shall make marriages[H2859] with them, and go in[H935] unto them, and they to you:
13Know[H3045] for a certainty[H3045] that the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] will no more[H3254] drive out[H3423] any of these nations[H1471] from before[H6440] you; but they shall be snares[H6341] and traps[H4170] unto you, and scourges[H7850] in your sides[H6654], and thorns[H6796] in your eyes[H5869], until ye perish[H6] from off this good[H2896]land[H127] which the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] hath given[H5414] you.
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And, behold, this day[H3117] I am going[H1980] the way[H1870] of all the earth[H776]: and ye know[H3045] in all your hearts[H3824] and in all your souls[H5315], that not one[H259]thing[H1697] hath failed[H5307] of all the good[H2896]things[H1697] which the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]spake[H1696] concerning you; all are come to pass[H935] unto you, and not one[H259]thing[H1697] hath failed[H5307] thereof.
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Therefore it shall come[H935] to pass, that as all good[H2896]things[H1697] are come[H935] upon you, which the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]promised[H1696] you; so shall the LORD[H3068]bring[H935] upon you all evil[H7451]things[H1697], until he have destroyed[H8045] you from off this good[H2896]land[H127] which the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] hath given[H5414] you.
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When ye have transgressed[H5674] the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], which he commanded[H6680] you, and have gone[H1980] and served[H5647]other[H312]gods[H430], and bowed[H7812] yourselves to them; then shall the anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068] be kindled[H2734] against you, and ye shall perish[H6]quickly[H4120] from off the good[H2896]land[H776] which he hath given[H5414] unto you.