Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Joshua
Chapter 23
1. AND it came to pass a
long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their
enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
2. And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their
heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them,
I am old and stricken in age:
And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these
nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for
you.
4. Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to
be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations
that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
5. And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive
them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the
LORD your God hath promised unto you.
6. Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written
in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the
right hand or to the left;
7. That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you;
neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by
them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
8. But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
9. For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and
strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto
this day.
10. One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it
is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
11. Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your
God.
12. Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of
these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make
marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
13. Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out
any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps
unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye
perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
14. And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye
know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath
failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning
you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed
thereof.
15. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come
upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring
upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good
land which the LORD your God hath given you.
16. When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which
he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed
yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against
you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he
hath given unto you.
Mar.
26 Daily reading schedule.. go to chapter 24
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