¶ And an angel¹ of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim², and said, I made³ you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought⁴ you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never⁵ break my covenant with you.

And ye shall⁶ make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have⁷ not obeyed my voice: why have⁸ ye done this?

Wherefore I also said⁹, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods¹⁰ shall be a snare unto you.

And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people¹¹ lifted up their voice, and wept.

And they called the name of that place Bochim¹²: and they sacrificed¹³ there unto the LORD.

¶ And when Joshua¹⁴ had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

And the people¹⁵ served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived¹⁶ Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.

And Joshua¹⁷ the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres¹⁸, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

¶ And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not²¹ the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

And the children of Israel did evil²² in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim²³:

And they forsook²⁴ the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods²⁵, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed²⁶ themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

And they forsook the LORD, and served²⁷ Baal and Ashtaroth.

And the anger²⁸ of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered²⁹ them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them³⁰ into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not³¹ any longer stand before their enemies.

Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against³² them for evil, as the LORD had said³³, and as the LORD had sworn³⁴ unto them: and they were greatly³⁵ distressed.

Nevertheless the LORD³⁶ raised up judges³⁷, which delivered³⁸ them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

And yet they would³⁹ not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring⁴⁰ after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly⁴¹ out of the way which their⁴² fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.

And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD⁴³ was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented⁴⁴ the LORD because of their groanings⁴⁵ by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

And it came to pass, when the⁴⁶ judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted⁴⁷ themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from⁴⁸ their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

¶ And the anger⁴⁹ of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed⁵⁰ my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;

⁵¹I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

That through⁵² them I may prove⁵³ Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

Therefore the LORD left⁵⁴ those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.