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And Joshua gathered all the tribes ◦ of Israel to Shechem , and called for the elders of Israel , and for their heads , and for their judges , and for their officers; and they stood··forth before God .
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And Joshua said to▵ all the people, Thus says Jehovah , the God of Israel : Across the river your fathers dwelt from an age, Terah, the father of Abraham , and the father of Nahor ; and they served other gods .
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And I took your father Abraham from across the river , and made him to go through all the land of Canaan , and multiplied his seed , and gave to him Isaac .
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And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau ; and I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it; and Jacob and his sons went··down ··into Egypt .
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And I sent Moses and Aaron , and I struck Egypt according··to◦ that which I did among them; and after this I brought· you ·out.
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And I brought··out your fathers out of Egypt ; and you came unto the sea ; and the Egyptians ◦ pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Suph sea .
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And they cried to▵ Jehovah , and He set thick··darkness between you and the Egyptians ◦, and brought the sea over them and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt ; and you dwelt in the wilderness many days .
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And I brought you into▵ the land of the Amorite, who dwelt across Jordan ; and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand , that you might possess their land , and I blotted· them ·out from before you.
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And Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab , arose and fought against◦ Israel , and sent and called for Balaam the son of Beor to curse◦ you:
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and I was· not ·willing to hearken to Balaam ; and blessing he blessed you; and I rescued you from his hand .
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And you crossed··over the Jordan and came to▵ Jericho ; and the citizens of Jericho fought··against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite , and the Girgashite, the Hivite , and the Jebusite; and I gave them into your hand .
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And I sent the hornet before you, and it drove· them ·out from before you, two kings of the Amorite; not with thy sword , and not with thy bow .
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And I gave to you a land on◦ which thou didst not toil*, and cities which you built not, and you dwell in them; of vineyards and olive ··trees which you planted not do you◦ eat ;
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and now fear Jehovah and serve Him in integrity and in truth ; and remove the gods which your fathers served across the river , and in Egypt ; and serve Jehovah .
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And if it be··evil in your eyes to serve Jehovah , choose for yourselves today whom you will serve ; whether the gods whom your fathers served that were across the river , or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land you◦ dwell ; but as for me▵ and my house , we will serve Jehovah .
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And the people answered and said , Far··be··it from us that we should forsake Jehovah to serve other gods :
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for Jehovah our God , He◦ it is who brought· us ·up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt , and from the house of servitude*, and who did those great signs before our eyes , and kept us in all the way in which◦ we went◦, and among all the people among whom we passed :
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and Jehovah drove··out from before us all the peoples and the Amorite dwelling in the land ; we◦ also will serve Jehovah , for He◦ is our God .
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And Joshua said unto▵ the people, You are· not ·able to serve Jehovah ; for He◦ is a holy God ◦; He◦ is a jealous God ; He will not bear your transgressions nor your sins .
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If▫ you forsake Jehovah and serve foreign gods , then He will turn ··back and do··evil to you and consume· you ·all, after that He has done··good to you.
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And the people said unto▵ Joshua , No◦, but◦ we will serve Jehovah .
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And Joshua said unto▵ the people, You◦ are witnesses of yourselves that you◦ have chosen for yourselves Jehovah , to serve Him. And they said , We are witnesses .
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And now remove the foreign gods which are in among you, and incline your heart to▵ Jehovah , the God of Israel .
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And the people said unto▵ Joshua , Jehovah our God we will serve , and His voice we will obey.
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And Joshua cut a covenant for the people in that◦ day , and set before them a statute and a judgment in Shechem .
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And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God , and took a great stone , and raised· it ·up there under the oak which was at the sanctuary of Jehovah .
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And Joshua said unto▵ all the people, Behold this stone shall be a witness for us ; for it◦ has heard all the sayings of Jehovah , which He spoke with▵ us ; and it shall be a witness of yourselves, lest you deny your God .
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And Joshua sent the people away, every man ◦ to his inheritance .
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And it was, after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah , died , a son of a hundred and ten years;
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and they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serach, which is in Mount Ephraim , to the north of Mount Gaash.
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And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua , and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua , and who had known all the deeds of Jehovah that He had done for Israel .
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And the bones of Joseph , which the sons of Israel had brought··up from Egypt , they buried in Shechem , in a part of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem with a hundred kesitah, and it became an inheritance for the sons of Joseph .
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron died ; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son which was given him in Mount Ephraim .