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And Joshua[H3091]gathered[H622] all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] to Shechem[H7927], and called[H7121] for the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478], and for their heads[H7218], and for their judges[H8199], and for their officers[H7860]; and they presented[H3320] themselves before[H6440]God[H430].
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And Joshua[H3091]said[H559] unto all the people[H5971], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Your fathers[H1]dwelt[H3427] on the other[H312]side[H5676] of the flood[H5104] in old time[H5769], even Terah[H8646], the father[H1] of Abraham[H85], and the father[H1] of Nachor[H5152]: and they served[H5647]other[H312]gods[H430].
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And I took[H3947] your father[H1]Abraham[H85] from the other side[H5676] of the flood[H5104], and led[H3212] him throughout all the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], and multiplied[H7235] his seed[H2233], and gave[H5414] him Isaac[H3327].
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And I gave[H5414] unto Isaac[H3327]Jacob[H3290] and Esau[H6215]: and I gave[H5414] unto Esau[H6215]mount[H2022]Seir[H8165], to possess[H3423] it; but Jacob[H3290] and his children[H1121] went down[H3381] into Egypt[H4714].
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I sent[H7971]Moses[H4872] also and Aaron[H175], and I plagued[H5062]Egypt[H4714], according to that which[H834] I did[H6213]among[H7130] them: and afterward[H310] I brought you out[H3318].
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And I brought[H3318] your fathers[H1] out of Egypt[H4714]: and ye came[H935] unto the sea[H3220]; and the Egyptians[H4714]pursued[H7291]after[H310] your fathers[H1] with chariots[H7393] and horsemen[H6571] unto the Red[H5488]sea[H3220].
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And when they cried[H6817] unto the LORD[H3068], he put[H7760]darkness[H3990] between you and the Egyptians[H4713], and brought[H935] the sea[H3220] upon them, and covered[H3680] them; and your eyes[H5869] have seen[H7200] what I have done[H6213] in Egypt[H4714]: and ye dwelt[H3427] in the wilderness[H4057] a long[H7227]season[H3117].
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And I brought[H935] you into the land[H776] of the Amorites[H567], which dwelt[H3427] on the other side[H5676]Jordan[H3383]; and they fought[H3898] with you: and I gave[H5414] them into your hand[H3027], that ye might possess[H3423] their land[H776]; and I destroyed[H8045] them from before[H6440] you.
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Then Balak[H1111] the son[H1121] of Zippor[H6834], king[H4428] of Moab[H4124], arose[H6965] and warred[H3898] against Israel[H3478], and sent[H7971] and called[H7121]Balaam[H1109] the son[H1121] of Beor[H1160] to curse[H7043] you:
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But I would[H14] not hearken[H8085] unto Balaam[H1109]; therefore he blessed[H1288] you still[H1288]: so I delivered[H5337] you out of his hand[H3027].
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And ye went over[H5674]Jordan[H3383], and came[H935] unto Jericho[H3405]: and the men[H1167] of Jericho[H3405]fought[H3898] against you, the Amorites[H567], and the Perizzites[H6522], and the Canaanites[H3669], and the Hittites[H2850], and the Girgashites[H1622], the Hivites[H2340], and the Jebusites[H2983]; and I delivered[H5414] them into your hand[H3027].
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And I sent[H7971] the hornet[H6880]before[H6440] you, which drave them out[H1644] from before[H6440] you, even the two[H8147]kings[H4428] of the Amorites[H567]; but not with thy sword[H2719], nor with thy bow[H7198].
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And I have given[H5414] you a land[H776] for which ye did not labour[H3021], and cities[H5892] which ye built[H1129] not, and ye dwell[H3427] in them; of the vineyards[H3754] and oliveyards[H2132] which ye planted[H5193] not do ye eat[H398].
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Now therefore fear[H3372] the LORD[H3068], and serve[H5647] him in sincerity[H8549] and in truth[H571]: and put away[H5493] the gods[H430] which your fathers[H1]served[H5647] on the other side[H5676] of the flood[H5104], and in Egypt[H4714]; and serve[H5647] ye the LORD[H3068].
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And if it seem evil[H7489] unto you[H4310] to serve[H5647] the LORD[H3068], choose[H977]you[H4310] this day[H3117]whom[H5869] ye will serve[H5647]; whether the gods[H430] which your fathers[H1]served[H5647] that were on the other side[H5676] of the flood[H5104], or the gods[H430] of the Amorites[H567], in whose land[H776] ye dwell[H3427]: but as for me and my house[H1004], we will serve[H5647] the LORD[H3068].
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And the people[H5971]answered[H6030] and said[H559], God forbid[H2486] that we should forsake[H5800] the LORD[H3068], to serve[H5647]other[H312]gods[H430];
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For the LORD[H3068] our God[H430], he it is that brought us up[H5927] and our fathers[H1] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], from the house[H1004] of bondage[H5650], and which did[H6213] those great[H1419]signs[H226] in our sight[H5869], and preserved[H8104] us in all the way[H1870] wherein we went[H1980], and among all the people[H5971]through[H7130] whom we passed[H5674]:
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And the LORD[H3068] drave out[H1644] from before[H6440] us all the people[H5971], even the Amorites[H567] which dwelt[H3427] in the land[H776]: therefore will we also serve[H5647] the LORD[H3068]; for he is our God[H430].
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And Joshua[H3091]said[H559] unto the people[H5971], Ye cannot[H3201]serve[H5647] the LORD[H3068]: for he is an holy[H6918]God[H430]; he is a jealous[H7072]God[H410]; he will not forgive[H5375] your transgressions[H6588] nor your sins[H2403].
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If ye forsake[H5800] the LORD[H3068], and serve[H5647]strange[H5236]gods[H430], then he will turn[H7725] and do you hurt[H7489], and consume[H3615] you, after[H310] that he hath done you good[H3190].
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And the people[H5971]said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], Nay; but we will serve[H5647] the LORD[H3068].
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And Joshua[H3091]said[H559] unto the people[H5971], Ye are witnesses[H5707] against yourselves that ye have chosen[H977] you the LORD[H3068], to serve[H5647] him. And they said[H559], We are witnesses[H5707].
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Now therefore put away[H5493], said he, the strange[H5236]gods[H430] which are among[H7130] you, and incline[H5186] your heart[H3824] unto the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
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And the people[H5971]said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], The LORD[H3068] our God[H430] will we serve[H5647], and his voice[H6963] will we obey[H8085].
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So Joshua[H3091]made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with the people[H5971] that day[H3117], and set[H7760] them a statute[H2706] and an ordinance[H4941] in Shechem[H7927].
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And Joshua[H3091]wrote[H3789] these words[H1697] in the book[H5612] of the law[H8451] of God[H430], and took[H3947] a great[H1419]stone[H68], and set it up[H6965] there under an oak[H427], that was by the sanctuary[H4720] of the LORD[H3068].
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And Joshua[H3091]said[H559] unto all the people[H5971], Behold, this stone[H68] shall be a witness[H5713] unto us; for it hath heard[H8085] all the words[H561] of the LORD[H3068] which he spake[H1696] unto us: it shall be therefore a witness[H5713] unto you, lest ye deny[H3584] your God[H430].
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So Joshua[H3091] let the people[H5971]depart[H7971], every man[H376] unto his inheritance[H5159].
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And it came to pass after[H310] these things[H1697], that Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126], the servant[H5650] of the LORD[H3068], died[H4191], being an hundred[H3967] and ten[H6235]years[H8141]old[H1121].
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And they buried[H6912] him in the border[H1366] of his inheritance[H5159] in Timnathserah[H8556], which is in mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669], on the north side[H6828] of the hill[H2022] of Gaash[H1608].
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And Israel[H3478]served[H5647] the LORD[H3068] all the days[H3117] of Joshua[H3091], and all the days[H3117] of the elders[H2205] that overlived[H748]Joshua[H3091], and which had known[H3045] all the works[H4639] of the LORD[H3068], that he had done[H6213] for Israel[H3478].
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And the bones[H6106] of Joseph[H3130], which the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] brought up[H5927] out of Egypt[H4714], buried[H6912] they in Shechem[H7927], in a parcel[H2513] of ground[H7704] which Jacob[H3290]bought[H7069] of the sons[H1121] of Hamor[H2544] the father[H1] of Shechem[H7927] for an hundred[H3967] pieces of silver[H7192]: and it became the inheritance[H5159] of the children[H1121] of Joseph[H3130].
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And Eleazar[H499] the son[H1121] of Aaron[H175]died[H4191]; and they buried[H6912] him in a hill[H1389] that pertained to Phinehas[H6372] his son[H1121], which was given[H5414] him in mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669].