Joshua 23:5-15

Joshua 23:5-15

[5] And the LORD  your God,  he shall expel  them from before  you, and drive  them from out of your sight;  and ye shall possess  their land,  as the LORD  your God  hath promised  unto you. [6] Be ye therefore very  courageous  to keep  and to do  all that is written  in the book  of the law  of Moses,  that ye turn  not aside therefrom to the right hand  or to the left;  [7] That ye come  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 ye have done  unto this day.  [9] For the LORD  hath driven out  from before  you great  nations  and strong:  but as for you, no man  hath 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 fighteth  for you, as he hath promised  you. [11] Take good  heed  therefore unto yourselves,  that ye love  the LORD  your God.  [12] Else if ye do in any wise  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: [13] Know  that the LORD  your God  will no more  drive out  any of these nations  from before  you; but they shall be snares  and traps  unto you, and scourges  in your sides,  and thorns  in your eyes,  until ye perish  from off this good  land  which the LORD  your God  hath given  you. [14] And, behold, this day  I am going  the way  of all the earth:  and ye know  in all your hearts  and in all your souls,  that not one  thing  hath failed  of all the good  things  which the LORD  your God  spake  concerning you; all are come to pass  unto you, and not one  thing  hath failed  thereof. [15] Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good  things  are come  upon you, which the LORD  your God  promised  you; so shall the LORD  bring  upon you all evil  things,  until he have destroyed  you from off this good  land  which the LORD  your God  hath given  you.