1 A long time after that, the Lord had given Israel rest from all those around them who hated them. Joshua had grown old, and had lived many years.

A long time after that, when the Lord had given Israel rest from all their enemies round about, and Joshua had grown old and advanced in years,

2 J oshua called all Israel, their leaders, their heads, and the men chosen among them who judge between what is right or wrong. Then he said to them, “I am old and have lived many years.

Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders, heads, judges, and officers, and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.

3 A nd you have seen all the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you. The Lord your God is the One Who has fought for you.

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.

4 S ee, I have given to you as land for your families those nations that are left, with all the nations I have destroyed. They lie from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.

Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, with all the nations I have cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea on the west.

5 T he Lord your God will send them out from in front of you. He will send them away from you. Then their land will be yours, just as the Lord your God promised you.

The Lord your God will thrust them out from before you and drive them out of your sight, and you shall possess their land, as the Lord your God promised you.

6 S o do not be moved by others. Keep and obey all that is written in the book of the Law of Moses. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left.

So be very courageous and steadfast to keep and do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning not aside from it to the right hand or the left,

7 D o not mix with these nations that stay among you. Do not say the names of their gods or make anyone swear by them. Do not work for them or worship them.

That you may not mix with these nations that remain among you, or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them.

8 B ut hold on to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.

But cling to the Lord your God as you have done to this day.

9 F or the Lord has driven away large and strong nations from in front of you. No man has been able to stand in front of you to this day.

For the Lord has driven out from before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no man has been able to withstand you to this day.

10 O ne of your men makes a thousand run away. For the Lord your God is the One Who fights for you, just as He promised you.

One man of you shall put to flight a thousand, for it is the Lord your God Who fights for you, as He promised you.

11 B e very careful to love the Lord your God.

Be very watchful of yourselves, therefore, to love the Lord your God.

12 F or if you ever turn away and join the people of these nations left among you and marry some of their people and go among them,

For if you turn back and adhere to the remnant of these nations left among you and make marriages with them, you marrying their women and they yours,

13 k now for sure that the Lord your God will stop driving these nations away from you. And they will be a net and a trap to you. They will be a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you are destroyed from this good land the Lord your God has given you.

Know with certainty that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations from before you; but they shall be a snare and trap to you, and a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

14 “ See, today I am going the way of all the earth. Know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God made to you has been broken. All have come true for you. Not one of them has been broken.

And behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. Know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one thing of them has failed.

15 E very good promise the Lord your God made to you has come true. But in the same way, He will keep His promises to punish you. He will punish you until He has destroyed you from this good land the Lord your God has given you.

But just as all good things which the Lord promised you have come to you, so will the Lord carry out every evil upon you, until He has destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

16 I f you do not keep the agreement the Lord your God made with you, and serve other gods and worship them, then the anger of the Lord will burn against you and you will be destroyed from the good land He has given you.”

If you transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, if you 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 He has given you.