Joshua 23
Lexham English Bible
Joshua’s Farewell Address
23 And it happened, after a long time,[a] after Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and after Joshua was old and well-advanced in years,[b] 2 Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders, heads, judges, and officials, and he said to them, “I am old and well-advanced in years,[c] 3 and you have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations for your sake,[d] for Yahweh your God is fighting for you. 4 Look! I have allotted to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, to the Great Sea[e] in the west.[f] 5 And Yahweh your God will push them back before you[g] and drive them out of your sight,[h] and you will possess their land, just as Yahweh your God promised to you. 6 Be very strong to observe carefully all that is written in the scroll of the law of Moses so as not to turn aside from it, to the right or left, 7 so as not to go among these remaining nations with you; do not profess[i] the name of their gods, and do not swear by them, serve them, or bow down to them.[j] 8 But hold fast to Yahweh your God, just as you have done up to this day. 9 Yahweh has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, nobody has withstood[k] you to this day. 10 One of your men put to flight a thousand, for Yahweh your God is fighting for you, just as he promised you. 11 Take utmost care for the sake of your life to love Yahweh your God, 12 for if indeed you turn back and join these remaining nations among you,[l] and you intermarry with them, marrying their women and they yours,[m] 13 know for certain that Yahweh your God will not continue to drive out[n] these nations from before you; they will be for you a snare and a trap, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Yahweh your God has given to you.
14 Look! I am about to die,[o] and you know in all your hearts[p] and souls[q] that not one thing failed[r] from all the good things that Yahweh your God promised concerning you; everything has been fulfilled;[s] not one thing failed.[t] 15 But just as all the good things[u] came to you that Yahweh your God promised, so will Yahweh bring to you all the bad things[v] until he has destroyed you from this good land that Yahweh your God has given to you. 16 If you transgress the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded to you, and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them, Yahweh’s anger will be kindled[w] against you, and you will perish quickly from the good land that he has given to you.”
Footnotes
- Joshua 23:1 Literally “many days”
- Joshua 23:1 Literally “he went into the days”
- Joshua 23:2 Literally “I went into the days”
- Joshua 23:3 Literally “because of your presence”
- Joshua 23:4 That is, the Mediterranean
- Joshua 23:4 Literally “to the setting of the sun”
- Joshua 23:5 Literally “from your presence”
- Joshua 23:5 Literally “from your face”
- Joshua 23:7 Literally “do not mention”
- Joshua 23:7 Literally “bow yourselves down to them”
- Joshua 23:9 Literally “a man has not stood in your presence”
- Joshua 23:12 Literally “with you”
- Joshua 23:12 Literally “you go into them and they into you”
- Joshua 23:13 Literally “will not drive out again”
- Joshua 23:14 Literally “I am going today on the way of all the earth”
- Joshua 23:14 Hebrew “heart”
- Joshua 23:14 Hebrew “soul”; or “inner self”
- Joshua 23:14 Literally “fell”
- Joshua 23:14 Literally “has come out”
- Joshua 23:14 Literally “not one thing fell from it”
- Joshua 23:15 Hebrew “thing”
- Joshua 23:15 Hebrew “things”
- Joshua 23:16 Literally “Yahweh’s nose will become hot”
Joshua 23
New American Standard Bible
Joshua’s Farewell Address
23 Now it came about after many days, when the Lord had given (A)rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years, 2 that (B)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. 3 And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you, for (C)the Lord your God is He who has been fighting for you. 4 See, (D)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 [a]west. 5 And the Lord your God, He will thrust them away from you and [b](E)drive them from you; and (F)you will take possession of their land, just as the Lord your God [c]promised you. 6 (G)Be 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, 7 so that you will not [d]associate with these nations, these which remain with you, or (H)mention the name of their gods, or (I)make anyone swear by them, or (J)serve them, or bow down to them. 8 But you are to cling to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day. 9 (K)For the Lord has [e]driven out great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, (L)no one has stood against you to this day. 10 (M)One of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the Lord your God is (N)He who fights for you, just as He [f]promised you. 11 So take great care for yourselves that you love the Lord your God. 12 For if you ever go back and (O)cling to the rest of these nations, these which remain with you, and (P)intermarry with them, so that you [g]associate with them and they with you, 13 know with certainty that the Lord your God will not continue to [h]drive these nations out from before you; but they will be a (Q)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 Lord your God has given you.
14 “Now behold, today (R)I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that (S)not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God spoke concerning you has failed; they all have [i]been fulfilled for you, not [j]one of them has failed. 15 But it will come about that just as all the good words which the Lord your God spoke to you have come upon you, so (T)the Lord will bring upon you [k]all the warnings, until He has eliminated you from this good land which the Lord your God has given you. 16 (U)When you violate the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the Lord will burn against you, and you will perish quickly from the good land which He has given you.”
Footnotes
- Joshua 23:4 Lit sunset
- Joshua 23:5 Or dispossess
- Joshua 23:5 Lit spoke to
- Joshua 23:7 Lit come among
- Joshua 23:9 Or dispossessed
- Joshua 23:10 Lit spoke to
- Joshua 23:12 Lit come among
- Joshua 23:13 Or dispossess
- Joshua 23:14 Lit come
- Joshua 23:14 Lit one word
- Joshua 23:15 Lit every bad word
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