Jos 23 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now it came about after many days , when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side , and Joshua was old , advanced in years ,

Joshua 23

Joshua’s Farewell Address

1 Now it came about after many days, when the Lord had given ^arest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years, 2 that ^bJoshua called for all Israel, for their elders, their heads, their judges, and their officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in years. 3 And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you, for ^cthe Lord your God is He who has been fighting for you. 4 See, ^dI have apportioned to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have eliminated, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea toward the ^{▼▼Lit sunset}west. 5 And the Lord your God, He will thrust them away from you and ^{▼▼Or dispossess
,} ^gdrive them from you; and ^hyou will take possession of their land, just as the Lord your God ^{▼▼Lit spoke to}promised you. 6 ^jBe very determined, then, to keep and do everything that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so that you will not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, 7 so that you will not ^{▼▼Lit come among}associate with these nations, these which remain with you, or ^lmention the name of their gods, or ^mmake anyone swear by them, or ⁿserve them, or bow down to them. 8 But you are to cling to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day. 9 ^oFor the Lord has ^{▼▼Or dispossessed}driven out great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, ^qno one has stood against you to this day. 10 ^rOne of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the Lord your God is ^sHe who fights for you, just as He ^{▼▼Lit spoke to}promised you. 11 So take great care for yourselves that you love the Lord your God. 12 For if you ever go back and ^ucling to the rest of these nations, these which remain with you, and ^vintermarry with them, so that you ^{▼▼Lit come among}associate with them and they with you, 13 know with certainty that the Lord your God will not continue to ^{▼▼Or dispossess}drive these nations out from before you; but they will be a ^ysnare and a trap to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

14 “Now behold, today ^zI am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that ^aanot one word of all the good words which the Lord your God spoke concerning you has failed; they all have ^{▼▼Lit come}been fulfilled for you, not ^{▼▼Lit one word}one of them has failed. 15 But it will come about that just as all the good words which the Lord your God spoke to you have come upon you, so ^adthe Lord will bring upon you ^{▼▼Lit every bad word}all the warnings, until He has eliminated you from this good land which the Lord your God has given you. 16 ^afWhen you violate the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the Lord will burn against you, and you will perish quickly from the good land which He has given you.”