Joshua · Catholic Public Domain Version
Joshua 23 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 Now a long time passed, after the Lord had given peace to Israel by subjecting all the surrounding nations. And Joshua was now old and very advanced in age.
1 After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,
2 Joshua called all of Israel, and those greater by birth, and the leaders and rulers and teachers, and he said to them: “I am elderly and advanced in age.
2 Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, “I am old and well advanced in years.
3 And you yourselves discern all that the Lord your God has done with all the surrounding nations, in what manner he himself has fought for you.
3 You have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you.
4 And now, since he has divided to you by lot all the land, from the eastern part of the Jordan even to the great sea, and yet many nations still remain,
4 Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
5 the Lord your God will destroy them, and he will take them away before your face, and you shall possess the land, just as he has promised you.
5 Yahweh your God will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to you.
6 Even so, be strengthened and be careful that you observe all the things that have been written in the book of the law of Moses, and that you do not turn aside from them, neither to the right, nor to the left.
6 “Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn away from it to the right hand or to the left;
7 Otherwise, after you have entered to the Gentiles, who will be among you in the future, you might swear by the name of their gods, and serve them, and adore them.
7 that you not come 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 down yourselves to them;
8 Instead, cling to the Lord your God, just as you have done even to this day.
8 but hold fast to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
9 And then the Lord God will take away, in your sight, nations that are great and very robust, and no one will be able to withstand you.
9 “For Yahweh has driven great and strong nations out from before you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
10 One of you shall pursue a thousand men of the enemies. For the Lord your God himself will fight on your behalf, just as he promised.
10 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
11 Even so, be very diligent and careful in this: that you love the Lord your God.
11 Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God.
12 But if you choose to cling to the errors of these nations that live among you, and to mix with them by marriage, and to join with them by friendship,
12 “But if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;
13 even now, know this: that the Lord your God will not wipe them away before your face. Instead, they shall be a pit and a snare to you, and a stumbling block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, until he takes you away and scatters you from this excellent land, which he has delivered to you.
13 know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
14 Lo, today I am entering the way of the entire earth, and you shall know with all your mind that, out of all the words that the Lord has promised to fulfill for you, not one will pass by unfulfilled.
14 “Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.
15 Therefore, just as he has fulfilled in deed what he has promised, and all prosperous things have arrived, so will he bring upon you whatever evils were threatened, until he takes you away and scatters you from this excellent land, which he has delivered to you,
15 It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you,
16 when you will have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he has formed with you, and will have served strange gods, and will have adored them. And then the fury of the Lord will rise up quickly and speedily against you, and you will be taken away from this excellent land, which he has delivered to you.”
16 when you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them. Then Yahweh’s anger will be kindled against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.”
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 13:1; Joshua 21:44; Joshua 11:23; Psalm 46:9; Genesis 25:8
- 2 Joshua 24:1; 1 Chronicles 28:1; Deuteronomy 31:28; Acts 20:17–35
- 3 Exodus 14:14; Joshua 10:42; Joshua 10:14; Malachi 1:5; Psalm 44:1–3
- 4 Joshua 18:10; Joshua 13:6–7; Joshua 13:2
- 5 Exodus 33:2; Joshua 13:6; Exodus 34:11; Deuteronomy 11:23; Numbers 33:52–53
- 6 Deuteronomy 28:14; Deuteronomy 5:32; Hebrews 12:4; Joshua 1:7–9; Ephesians 6:10–19
- 7 Exodus 23:13; Psalm 16:4; Deuteronomy 7:2–3; Jeremiah 5:7; Joshua 23:12
- 8 Deuteronomy 10:20; Joshua 22:5; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 11:22; Acts 11:23
- 9 Joshua 1:5; Deuteronomy 11:23; Joshua 23:5; Exodus 23:30; Joshua 1:8–9
- 10 Deuteronomy 32:30; Leviticus 26:8; Deuteronomy 3:22; Exodus 14:14; Psalm 35:1
- 11 Joshua 22:5; Deuteronomy 6:5–12; Romans 8:28; Jude 20–21; 1 Corinthians 8:3
- 12 Deuteronomy 7:3; Zephaniah 1:6; Ezekiel 18:24; Isaiah 1:4; Genesis 2:24
- 13 Deuteronomy 7:16; Numbers 33:55; Exodus 23:33; Judges 2:2–3; 2 Kings 17:22–23
- 14 Luke 21:33; 1 Kings 2:2; Leviticus 26:3–13; Joshua 21:43–45; Ecclesiastes 9:10
- 15 Deuteronomy 28:15–68; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; Judges 13:1; 2 Chronicles 36:16–17; Leviticus 26:14–46
- 16 Deuteronomy 4:25–26; 2 Kings 24:20
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