¹ και ειπεν κυριος προς μωυσην πορευου αναβηθι εντευθεν συ και ο λαος σου ους εξηγαγες εκ γης αιγυπτου εις την γην ην ωμοσα τω αβρααμ και ισαακ και ιακωβ λεγων τω σπερματι υμων δωσω αυτην

² και συναποστελω τον αγγελον μου προ προσωπου σου και εκβαλει τον αμορραιον και χετταιον και φερεζαιον και γεργεσαιον και ευαιον και ιεβουσαιον

³ και εισαξω σε εις γην ρεουσαν γαλα και μελι ου γαρ μη συναναβω μετα σου δια το λαον σκληροτραχηλον σε ειναι ινα μη εξαναλωσω σε εν τη οδω

⁴ και ακουσας ο λαος το ρημα το πονηρον τουτο κατεπενθησαν εν πενθικοις

⁵ και ειπεν κυριος τοις υιοις ισραηλ υμεις λαος σκληροτραχηλος ορατε μη πληγην αλλην επαξω εγω εφ' υμας και εξαναλωσω υμας νυν ουν αφελεσθε τας στολας των δοξων υμων και τον κοσμον και δειξω σοι α ποιησω σοι

⁶ και περιειλαντο οι υιοι ισραηλ τον κοσμον αυτων και την περιστολην απο του ορους του χωρηβ

⁷ και λαβων μωυσης την σκηνην αυτου επηξεν εξω της παρεμβολης μακραν απο της παρεμβολης και εκληθη σκηνη μαρτυριου και εγενετο πας ο ζητων κυριον εξεπορευετο εις την σκηνην εξω της παρεμβολης

⁸ ηνικα δ' αν εισεπορευετο μωυσης εις την σκηνην εξω της παρεμβολης ειστηκει πας ο λαος σκοπευοντες εκαστος παρα τας θυρας της σκηνης αυτου και κατενοουσαν απιοντος μωυση εως του εισελθειν αυτον εις την σκηνην

⁹ ως δ' αν εισηλθεν μωυσης εις την σκηνην κατεβαινεν ο στυλος της νεφελης και ιστατο επι την θυραν της σκηνης και ελαλει μωυση

¹⁰ και εωρα πας ο λαος τον στυλον της νεφελης εστωτα επι της θυρας της σκηνης και σταντες πας ο λαος προσεκυνησαν εκαστος απο της θυρας της σκηνης αυτου

¹¹ και ελαλησεν κυριος προς μωυσην ενωπιος ενωπιω ως ει τις λαλησει προς τον εαυτου φιλον και απελυετο εις την παρεμβολην ο δε θεραπων ιησους υιος ναυη νεος ουκ εξεπορευετο εκ της σκηνης

¹² και ειπεν μωυσης προς κυριον ιδου συ μοι λεγεις αναγαγε τον λαον τουτον συ δε ουκ εδηλωσας μοι ον συναποστελεις μετ' εμου συ δε μοι ειπας οιδα σε παρα παντας και χαριν εχεις παρ' εμοι

¹³ ει ουν ευρηκα χαριν εναντιον σου εμφανισον μοι σεαυτον γνωστως ιδω σε οπως αν ω ευρηκως χαριν εναντιον σου και ινα γνω οτι λαος σου το εθνος το μεγα τουτο

¹⁴ και λεγει αυτος προπορευσομαι σου και καταπαυσω σε

¹⁵ και λεγει προς αυτον ει μη αυτος συ πορευη μη με αναγαγης εντευθεν

¹⁶ και πως γνωστον εσται αληθως οτι ευρηκα χαριν παρα σοι εγω τε και ο λαος σου αλλ' η συμπορευομενου σου μεθ' ημων και ενδοξασθησομαι εγω τε και ο λαος σου παρα παντα τα εθνη οσα επι της γης εστιν

¹⁷ και ειπεν κυριος προς μωυσην και τουτον σοι τον λογον ον ειρηκας ποιησω ευρηκας γαρ χαριν ενωπιον μου και οιδα σε παρα παντας

¹⁸ και λεγει δειξον μοι την σεαυτου δοξαν

¹⁹ και ειπεν εγω παρελευσομαι προτερος σου τη δοξη μου και καλεσω επι τω ονοματι μου κυριος εναντιον σου και ελεησω ον αν ελεω και οικτιρησω ον αν οικτιρω

²⁰ και ειπεν ου δυνηση ιδειν μου το προσωπον ου γαρ μη ιδη ανθρωπος το προσωπον μου και ζησεται

²¹ και ειπεν κυριος ιδου τοπος παρ' εμοι στηση επι της πετρας

²² ηνικα δ' αν παρελθη μου η δοξα και θησω σε εις οπην της πετρας και σκεπασω τη χειρι μου επι σε εως αν παρελθω

²³ και αφελω την χειρα και τοτε οψη τα οπισω μου το δε προσωπον μου ουκ οφθησεται σοι

¹ Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

² Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

³ I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

⁴ I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

⁵ "'I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in its midst: and afterward I brought you out.

⁶ I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.

⁷ When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.

⁸ "'I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

⁹ Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

¹⁰ but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

¹¹ "'You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

¹² I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.

¹³ I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn't build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn't plant.'

¹⁴ "Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.

¹⁵ If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."

¹⁶ The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;

¹⁷ for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.

¹⁸ Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God."

¹⁹ Joshua said to the people, "You can't serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

²⁰ If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good."

²¹ The people said to Joshua, "No; but we will serve Yahweh."

²² Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him." They said, "We are witnesses."

²³ "Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel."

²⁴ The people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice."

²⁵ So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

²⁶ Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.

²⁷ Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God."

²⁸ So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

²⁹ It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred and ten years old.

³⁰ They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

³¹ Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.

³² They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

³³ Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.