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Joshua 23:1-13

23:1

And it came to pass a long
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time
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after
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that the LORD
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had given rest
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unto Israel
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from all their enemies
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round about
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that Joshua
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waxed old
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[and] stricken
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in age
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{stricken...: Heb. come into days}

23:2

And Joshua
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called
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for all Israel
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[and] for their elders
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and for their heads
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and for their judges
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and for their officers
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and said
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unto them, I am old
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[and] stricken
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in age
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23:3

And ye have seen
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all that the LORD
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your God
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hath done
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unto all these nations
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because
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of you; for the LORD
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your God
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[is] he that hath fought
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for you.

23:4

Behold
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I have divided
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unto you by lot these nations
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that remain
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to be an inheritance
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for your tribes
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from Jordan
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with all the nations
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that I have cut off
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even unto the great
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sea
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westward
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{westward: Heb. at the sunset}

23:5

And the LORD
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your God
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he shall expel
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them from before
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you, and drive
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them from out of your sight
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and ye shall possess
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their land
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as the LORD
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your God
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hath promised
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unto you.

23:6

Be ye therefore very
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courageous
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to keep
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and to do
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all that is written
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in the book
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of the law
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of Moses
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that ye turn
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not aside therefrom [to] the right hand
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or [to] the left
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23:7

That ye come
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not among these nations
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these that remain
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among you; neither make mention
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of the name
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of their gods
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nor cause to swear
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[by them], neither serve
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them, nor bow
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yourselves unto them:

23:8

But cleave
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unto the LORD
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your God
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as ye have done
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unto this day
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{But cleave...: or, For if ye will cleave, etc}

23:9

For the LORD
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hath driven out
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from before
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you great
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nations
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and strong
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but [as for] you, no man
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hath been able to stand
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before
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you unto this day
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{For the LORD...: or, Then the LORD will drive}

23:10

One
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man
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of you shall chase
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a thousand
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for the LORD
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your God
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he [it is] that fighteth
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for you, as he hath promised
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you.

23:11

Take good
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heed
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therefore unto yourselves
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that ye love
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the LORD
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your God
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{yourselves: Heb. your souls}

23:12

Else if ye do in any wise
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go back
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and cleave
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unto the remnant
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of these nations
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[even] these that remain
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among you, and shall make marriages
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with them, and go in
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unto them, and they to you:

23:13

Know
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for a certainty
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that the LORD
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your God
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will no more
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drive out
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[any of] these nations
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from before
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you; but they shall be snares
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and traps
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unto you, and scourges
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in your sides
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and thorns
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in your eyes
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until ye perish
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from off this good
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land
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which the LORD
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your God
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hath given
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you.