1 Now it came to pass, a long time after the Lordahad given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua bwas old, advanced in age.
2 And Joshua acalled for all Israel, for their elders, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them: “I am old, advanced in age.
3 You have seen all that the aLord your God has done to all these nations because of you, for the bLord your God is He who has fought for you.
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.
6aTherefore 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,
7and 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 bythem; 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.
9aFor the Lord has driven out from before you great and strong nations; but asfor you, no one has been able to stand against you to this day.
10aOne man of you shall chase a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, bas He promised you.
A long time after that the Lord had given rest - This is supposed to have been in the last or one hundred and tenth year of the life of Joshua, about thirteen or fourteen years after the conquest of Canaan, and seven after the division of the land among the tribes.
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