¶ And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD¹ had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old² and stricken in age³.

And Joshua called for all Israel⁴, and for their elders⁵, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

And ye⁶ have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the⁷ LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.

Behold⁸, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward⁹.

And the LORD your God, he shall¹⁰ expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD¹¹ your God hath promised unto you.

Be ye therefore very¹² courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye¹³ turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

That ye come¹⁴ not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither¹⁵ make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear¹⁶ by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.

For the LORD¹⁸ hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man¹⁹ hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

¶ One man²⁰ of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD²¹ your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

¶ Take good²² heed therefore unto yourselves²³, that ye love the LORD your God.

Else if ye do in any wise go back²⁴, and cleave²⁵ unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make²⁶ marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no²⁷ more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares²⁸ and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish²⁹ from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

And, behold, this day I am going³⁰ the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing³¹ hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall³² the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall³³ the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish³⁴ quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.