GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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1 A long time afterward, the LORD gave the Israelites peace with all their enemies around them. Joshua was old, near the end of his life.
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After a long time had passed and the LORD had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,
2 So he called all the leaders, chiefs, judges, and officers of Israel together. He said to them, "I am old, near the end of my life.
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summoned all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old.
3 You have seen for yourselves everything the LORD your God did to all those nations. The LORD your God fought for you!
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You yourselves have seen everything the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
4 I have given you the territory of the nations that still remain as an inheritance for your tribes. This includes the territory of all the nations I have already destroyed from the Jordan River westward to the Mediterranean Sea.
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Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
5 The LORD your God will expel them right in front of your eyes and force them out of your way. You will take their land as the LORD your God told you.
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The LORD your God himself will push them out for your sake. He will drive them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
6 Now you must be very strong to keep and to do everything written in the Book of Moses' Teachings. Don't turn away from them.
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“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.
7 Don't get mixed up with the nations left in your territory. Don't ever mention the names of their gods or swear an oath to them. Don't ever serve their gods or bow down to them.
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Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them.
8 But you must be loyal to the LORD your God, as you have been until now.
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But you are to hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have until now.
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