NASB2020 ▾JoshuaJoshua 231Now it came about after many days, when the L ord had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years,2that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, their heads, their judges, and their officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in years.3And you have seen all that the L ord your God has done to all these nations because of you, for the L ord your God is He who has been fighting for you.4See, I have apportioned to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have eliminated, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea toward the west.5And the L ord your God, He will thrust them away from you and drive them from you; and you will take possession of their land, just as the L ord your God promised you.6Be very determined, then, to keep and do everything that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so that you will not turn aside from it to the right or to the left,7so that you will not associate with these nations, these which remain with you, or mention the name of their gods, or make anyone swear by them, or serve them, or bow down to them.8But you are to cling to the L ord your God, as you have done to this day.9For the L ord has driven out great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, no one has stood against you to this day.10One of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the L ord your God is He who fights for you, just as He promised you.11So take great care for yourselves that you love the L ord your God.12For if you ever go back and cling to the rest of these nations, these which remain with you, and intermarry with them, so that you associate with them and they with you,13know with certainty that the L ord your God will not continue to drive these nations out from before you; but they will be a snare and a trap to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the L ord your God has given you.14“Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the L ord your God spoke concerning you has failed; they all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed.15But it will come about that just as all the good words which the L ord your God spoke to you have come upon you, so the L ord will bring upon you all the warnings, until He has eliminated you from this good land which the L ord your God has given you.16When you violate the covenant of the L ord your God, which He commanded you, and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the L ord will burn against you, and you will perish quickly from the good land which He has given you.”Joshua 22Joshua 24