Joshua 23 (NET)

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Joshua 23:1¹A long time passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 13:1 Josh 21:44 Josh 11:23 Deut 31:2 Gen 25:8 Josh 22:4 Ps 46:9

Joshua 23:2²So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 24:1 1 Chr 28:1 Deut 31:28 Acts 20:17-35

Joshua 23:3³You saw everything the Lord your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the Lord your God fights for you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 14:14 Josh 10:14 Josh 10:42 Deut 20:4 Deut 4:9 Mal 1:5 Ps 44:1-3

Joshua 23:4⁴See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, including all the nations I defeated.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 13:2 Josh 13:6-7 Josh 18:10

Joshua 23:5⁵The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the Lord your God promised you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 11:23 Exod 33:2 Exod 34:11 Josh 13:6 Exod 23:30-31 Josh 23:12-13 Num 33:52-53

Joshua 23:6⁶Be very strong! Carefully obey all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won’t swerve from it to the right or the left,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 28:14 Deut 5:32 Heb 12:4 Deut 12:32 Deut 17:20 Eph 6:10-19 Josh 1:7-9 Prov 4:26-27 1 Cor 16:13 Jer 9:3

Joshua 23:7⁷or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 23:13 Ps 16:4 Deut 7:2-3 Jer 5:7 Exod 23:33 Josh 23:12 1 Cor 15:33 2 Cor 6:14-17 Prov 4:14 Zeph 1:5

Joshua 23:8⁸But you must be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been to this very day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 10:20 Josh 22:5 Acts 11:23 Deut 11:22 Deut 13:4 Deut 4:4

Joshua 23:9⁹“The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 1:5 Deut 11:23 Exod 23:30 Josh 23:5 Josh 1:8-9 Josh 15:14 Josh 21:43-44 Deut 7:24

Joshua 23:10¹⁰One of you makes a thousand run away, for the Lord your God fights for you, as he promised you he would.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 32:30 Lev 26:8 Deut 3:22 Exod 14:14 Ps 35:1 Deut 20:4 Rom 8:31 Ps 46:7 Josh 23:3 Ps 44:4-5

Joshua 23:11¹¹Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 22:5 Deut 6:5-12 Jude 1:20-21 Rom 8:28 1 Cor 16:22 1 Cor 8:3 Exod 20:6 Prov 4:23 Heb 12:15 Deut 4:9

Joshua 23:12¹²But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 7:3 Ezek 18:24 Zeph 1:6 1 John 2:9 1 Kgs 11:2 1 Kgs 11:4 1 Sam 18:1-3 2 Cor 6:14-17 2 Pet 2:18-22 Exod 34:12-16

Joshua 23:13¹³know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God gave you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 7:16 Num 33:55 Exod 23:33 Judg 2:2-3 2 Kgs 17:22-23 Deut 28:63-68 Luke 21:24 Ps 106:35-39 Ps 69:22 2 Kgs 25:26

Joshua 23:14¹⁴“Look, today I am about to die. You know with all your heart and being that not even one of all the faithful promises the Lord your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized—not one promise is unfulfilled!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 21:33 1 Kgs 2:2 Lev 26:3-13 Eccl 9:10 Josh 21:43-45 Num 23:19 1 Kgs 8:56 1 Sam 3:19 Deut 28:1-14 Eccl 12:5

Joshua 23:15¹⁵But in the same way every faithful promise the Lord your God made to you has been realized, it is just as certain that if you disobey, then the Lord will bring on you every judgment until he destroys you from this good land that the Lord your God gave you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 28:15-68 1 Thess 2:16 2 Chr 36:16-17 Judg 10:6-7 Judg 13:1 Judg 3:8 Judg 4:1-2 Judg 6:1 Lev 26:14-46 Luke 21:22-24

Joshua 23:16¹⁶If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, then the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear quickly from the good land that he gave to you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 24:20 Deut 4:25-26