Joshua 23:7-12

23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near ¹  you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! ²  You must not worship ³  or bow down to them! 23:8 But you must be loyal to ⁴  the Lord your God, as you have been ⁵  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 ⁶  to this very day. 23:10 One of you makes a thousand run away, ⁷  for the Lord your God fights for you ⁸  as he promised you he would. ⁹  23:11 Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God! ¹⁰  23:12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with ¹¹  these nations that remain near you, ¹²  and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, ¹³ 

[23:7]  ¹ tn Heb “with.”

[23:7]  ² tn Heb “and in the name of their gods you must not invoke and you must not make solemn declarations.” The words “and you must not make solemn declarations” are omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition to elucidate the immediately preceding command. The Hiphil of שָׁבַע (shava’) without an object occurs only here and in Josh 6:26.

[23:7]  ³ tn Or “serve.”

[23:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “hug.”

[23:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “done.”

[23:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “not a man has stood before you.”

[23:10]  ⁷ tn Or “chases a thousand.”

[23:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “for the Lord your God, he [is] the one who fights for you.”

[23:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “as he said to you.”

[23:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Watch carefully yourselves so as to love the Lord your God.”

[23:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and hug.”

[23:12]  ¹² tn Heb “the remnant of the these nations, these nations that are with you.”

[23:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “and go into them, and they into you.”