Joshua 23:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 23:6

4 See, ^aI have divided to you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the Great Sea westward.

5 And the Lord your God ^awill expel them from before you and drive them out of your sight. So you shall possess their land, ^bas the Lord your God promised you.

6 ^aTherefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, ^blest you turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,

7 and lest you ^ago among these nations, these who remain among you. You shall not ^bmake mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to ^cswear by them; you shall not ^dserve them nor bow down to them,

8 but you shall ^ahold fast to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.

9 ^aFor the Lord has driven out from before you great and strong nations; but as for you, no one has been able to stand against you to this day.

10 ^aOne man of you shall chase a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, ^bas He promised you.

11 ^aTherefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the Lord your God.

12 Or else, if indeed you do ^ago back, and cling to the remnant of these nations—these that remain among you—and ^bmake marriages with them, and go in to them and they to you,

13 know for certain that ^athe Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. ^bBut they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

14 “Behold, this day ^aI am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that ^bnot one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed.

15 ^aTherefore it shall come to pass, that as all the good things have come upon you which the Lord your God promised you, so the Lord will bring upon you ^ball harmful things, until He has destroyed you from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

16 When you have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed down to them, then the ^aanger of the Lord will burn against you, and you shall perish quickly from the good land which He has given you.”

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American Standard Version
Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

Amplified® Bible
So be very courageous {and} steadfast to keep and do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning not aside from it to the right hand or the left,

Contemporary English Version
Be sure that you carefully obey everything written in The Book of the Law of Moses and do exactly what it says.

Darby English Version
And be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

Good News Bible
So be careful to obey and do everything that is written in the book of the Law of Moses. Do not neglect any part of it,

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

New American Standard Bible
"Be very firm, then, to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,

New International Version
"Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.

New King James Version
Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, lest you turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Remain very firm, then, to keep and do all that you see written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,

Revised Standard Version
Therefore be very steadfast to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left,

Young's Literal Translation
and ye have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left,

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