1. And it came to pass a long time after the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua grew old and stricken in age.
2. And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
3. And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that has fought for you.
4. Behold, I have divided unto 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, even unto the Great Sea westward.
5. And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God has promised unto you.
6. Be you therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
7. That you mix not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
8. But cleave unto the LORD your God, as you have done unto this day.
9. For the LORD has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has been able to stand before you unto this day.
10. One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fights for you, as he has promised you.
11. Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that you love the LORD your God.
12. Else if you do in any way go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: