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you do not associate with the other people still remaining in the land. Do not
even mention the names of their gods, much less swear by them or serve them
or worship them.
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cling tightly
to theL ORD your God as
Rather,
you have done until now.
“For the Lord has driven out great and powerful nations for you, and no one
has yet been able to defeat you. 10 Each one of you will put to flight a thousand of
the enemy, for the Lord your God fights for you, just as he has promised. 11 So be
very careful to love the Lord your God.
12 “But if you turn away from him and cling to the customs of the survivors of
these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry with them, 13 then
know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive them out of your
land. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap to you, a whip for your backs and
thorny brambles in your eyes, and you will vanish from this good land the Lord
your God has given you.
14 “Soon I will die, going the way of everything on earth.
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Deep in your hearts you know that
every promise of theL ORD
your God has come true.
Not a single one has failed! 15 But as surely as the Lord your God has given you
the good things he promised, he will also bring disaster on you if you disobey
him. He will completely destroy you from this good land he has given you. 16 If
you break the covenant of the Lord your God by worshiping and serving other
gods, his anger will burn against you, and you will quickly vanish from the good
land he has given you.”
The Lord’s Covenant Renewed
Then Joshua summoned all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, including
their elders, leaders, judges, and officers. So they came and presented
themselves to God.
2 Joshua said to the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Long
ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived
beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods. 3 But I took your
ancestor Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him into the
land of Canaan. I gave him many descendants through his son Isaac. 4 To Isaac
I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir, while Jacob and his
children went down into Egypt.
5 “Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I brought terrible plagues on Egypt; and
afterward I brought you out as a free people. 6 But when your ancestors arrived
at the Red Sea, the Egyptians chased after you with chariots and charioteers.
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