23:1 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,
23:2 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.
23:3 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.
23:4 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.
23:5 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.
23:6 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,
23:7 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,
23:8 but
you
shall
cling
to
the
LORD
your
God
just
as
you
have
done
to
this
day.
23:9 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.
23:10 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.
23:11 Be
very
careful,
therefore,
to
love
the
LORD
your
God.
23:12 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,
23:13 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.
23:14 "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.
23:15 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,
23:16 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."