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Text -- Joshua 23:1-13 (NET)
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Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful
23:1 A long time passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies , and Joshua was very old .
23:2 So Joshua summoned all Israel , including the elders , rulers , judges , and leaders , and told them: “I am very old .
23:3 You saw everything the Lord your God did to all these nations on your behalf , for the Lord your God fights for you.
23:4 See , I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations , from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west , including all the nations I defeated .
23:5 The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the Lord your God promised you.
23:6 Be very strong ! Carefully obey all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won’t swerve from it to the right or the left ,
23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods ! You must not worship or bow down to them!
23:8 But you must be loyal to the Lord your God , as you have been to this very day .
23:9 “The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations ; no one has been able to resist you to this very day .
23:10 One of you makes a thousand run away , for the Lord your God fights for you as he promised you he would.
23:11 Watch yourselves carefully ! Love the Lord your God !
23:12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them ,
23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God gave you.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Joshua |
Israel |
Associations |
Fellowship |
Fear of God |
Government |
Intermarrying |
Trap |
Obedience |
Mediterranean Sea |
God |
Love |
Watchfulness |
Perfection |
Panic |
Harlot |
Heathen |
Decision |
OFFENCE; OFFEND |
PROMISE |
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NET Notes -> Jos 23:1; Jos 23:1; Jos 23:1; Jos 23:3; Jos 23:4; Jos 23:4; Jos 23:4; Jos 23:5; Jos 23:5; Jos 23:5; Jos 23:6; Jos 23:7; Jos 23:7; Jos 23:7; Jos 23:8; Jos 23:8; Jos 23:9; Jos 23:10; Jos 23:10; Jos 23:10; Jos 23:11; Jos 23:12; Jos 23:12; Jos 23:12; Jos 23:13; Jos 23:13; Jos 23:13; Jos 23:13
NET Notes: Jos 23:1 Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following verse.
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NET Notes: Jos 23:4 Heb “from the Jordan and all the nations which I cut off and the Great Sea [at] the place where the sun sets.” The relationship of the sec...
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