Joshua 23:11

11 Take utmost care for [the sake of] your life to love Yahweh your God,

Joshua 23:11 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 23:11

Take good heed therefore unto yourselves
To be upon their guard, and to be watchful, were very necessary to them, that they might not be ensnared by the Canaanites, and drawn aside by them into idolatry, and so apostatize from the Lord and his worship, since their temptations would be many:

that ye love the Lord your God;
which would the most strongly influence and engage them to serve and worship the Lord, and obey his commands, and be the best preservative against idolatry and false worship.

Joshua 23:11 In-Context

9 Yahweh has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, {nobody has withstood} you to this day.

10 One of your men put to flight a thousand, for Yahweh your God [is] fighting for you, just as he promised you.

11 Take utmost care for [the sake of] your life to love Yahweh your God,

12 for if indeed you turn back and join these remaining nations {among you}, and you intermarry with them, {marrying their women and they yours},

13 know for certain that Yahweh your God {will not continue to drive out} these nations from before you; they will be for you a snare and a trap, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Yahweh your God has given to you.