And Joshua <H3091> gathered <H0622> all the tribes <H7626> of Israel <H3478> to Shechem, <H7927> and called <H7121> for the elders <H2205> of Israel, <H3478> and for their heads, <H7218> and for their judges, <H8199> and for their officers; <H7860> and they presented <H3320> themselves before <H6440> God. <H0430>
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And Joshua <H3091> said <H0559> unto all the people, <H5971> Thus saith <H0559> the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> Your fathers <H0001> dwelt <H3427> on the other side <H5676> of the flood <H5104> in old time, <H5769> [even] Terah, <H8646> the father <H0001> of Abraham, <H0085> and the father <H0001> of Nachor: <H5152> and they served <H5647> other <H0312> gods. <H0430>
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And I took <H3947> your father <H0001> Abraham <H0085> from the other side <H5676> of the flood, <H5104> and led <H3212> him throughout all the land <H0776> of Canaan, <H3667> and multiplied <H7235> his seed, <H2233> and gave <H5414> him Isaac. <H3327>
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And I gave <H5414> unto Isaac <H3327> Jacob <H3290> and Esau: <H6215> and I gave <H5414> unto Esau <H6215> mount <H2022> Seir, <H8165> to possess <H3423> it; but Jacob <H3290> and his children <H1121> went down <H3381> into Egypt. <H4714>
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I sent <H7971> Moses <H4872> also and Aaron, <H0175> and I plagued <H5062> Egypt, <H4714> according to that which <H0834> I did <H6213> among <H7130> them: and afterward <H0310> I brought you out. <H3318>
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And I brought your fathers <H0001> out <H3318> of Egypt: <H4714> and ye came <H0935> unto the sea; <H3220> and the Egyptians <H4714> pursued <H7291> after <H0310> your fathers <H0001> with chariots <H7393> and horsemen <H6571> unto the Red <H5488> sea. <H3220>
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And when they cried <H6817> unto the LORD, <H3068> he put <H7760> darkness <H3990> between you and the Egyptians, <H4713> and brought <H0935> the sea <H3220> upon them, and covered <H3680> them; and your eyes <H5869> have seen <H7200> what I have done <H6213> in Egypt: <H4714> and ye dwelt <H3427> in the wilderness <H4057> a long <H7227> season. <H3117>
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And I brought <H0935> you into the land <H0776> of the Amorites, <H0567> which dwelt <H3427> on the other side <H5676> Jordan; <H3383> and they fought <H3898> with you: and I gave <H5414> them into your hand, <H3027> that ye might possess <H3423> their land; <H0776> and I destroyed <H8045> them from before <H6440> you.
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Then Balak <H1111> the son <H1121> of Zippor, <H6834> king <H4428> of Moab, <H4124> arose <H6965> and warred <H3898> against Israel, <H3478> and sent <H7971> and called <H7121> Balaam <H1109> the son <H1121> of Beor <H1160> to curse <H7043> you:
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But I would <H0014> not hearken <H8085> unto Balaam; <H1109> therefore he blessed <H1288> you still: <H1288> so I delivered <H5337> you out of his hand. <H3027>
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And ye went over <H5674> Jordan, <H3383> and came <H0935> unto Jericho: <H3405> and the men <H1167> of Jericho <H3405> fought <H3898> against you, the Amorites, <H0567> and the Perizzites, <H6522> and the Canaanites, <H3669> and the Hittites, <H2850> and the Girgashites, <H1622> the Hivites, <H2340> and the Jebusites; <H2983> and I delivered <H5414> them into your hand. <H3027>
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And I sent <H7971> the hornet <H6880> before <H6440> you, which drave them out <H1644> from before <H6440> you, [even] the two <H8147> kings <H4428> of the Amorites; <H0567> [but] not with thy sword, <H2719> nor with thy bow. <H7198>
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And I have given <H5414> you a land <H0776> for which ye did not labour, <H3021> and cities <H5892> which ye built <H1129> not, and ye dwell <H3427> in them; of the vineyards <H3754> and oliveyards <H2132> which ye planted <H5193> not do ye eat. <H0398>
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Now therefore fear <H3372> the LORD, <H3068> and serve <H5647> him in sincerity <H8549> and in truth: <H0571> and put away <H5493> the gods <H0430> which your fathers <H0001> served <H5647> on the other side <H5676> of the flood, <H5104> and in Egypt; <H4714> and serve <H5647> ye the LORD. <H3068>
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And if it seem evil <H7489> unto you <H5869> to serve <H5647> the LORD, <H3068> choose <H0977> you this day <H3117> whom <H4310> ye will serve; <H5647> whether the gods <H0430> which your fathers <H0001> served <H5647> that [were] on the other side <H5676> of the flood, <H5104> or the gods <H0430> of the Amorites, <H0567> in whose land <H0776> ye dwell: <H3427> but as for me and my house, <H1004> we will serve <H5647> the LORD. <H3068>
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And the people <H5971> answered <H6030> and said, <H0559> God forbid <H2486> that we should forsake <H5800> the LORD, <H3068> to serve <H5647> other <H0312> gods; <H0430>
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For the LORD <H3068> our God, <H0430> he [it is] that brought us up <H5927> and our fathers <H0001> out of the land <H0776> of Egypt, <H4714> from the house <H1004> of bondage, <H5650> and which did <H6213> those great <H1419> signs <H0226> in our sight, <H5869> and preserved <H8104> us in all the way <H1870> wherein we went, <H1980> and among all the people <H5971> through <H7130> whom we passed: <H5674>
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And the LORD <H3068> drave out <H1644> from before <H6440> us all the people, <H5971> even the Amorites <H0567> which dwelt <H3427> in the land: <H0776> [therefore] will we also serve <H5647> the LORD; <H3068> for he [is] our God. <H0430>
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And Joshua <H3091> said <H0559> unto the people, <H5971> Ye cannot <H3808> <H3201> serve <H5647> the LORD: <H3068> for he [is] an holy <H6918> God; <H0430> he [is] a jealous <H7072> God; <H0410> he will not forgive <H5375> your transgressions <H6588> nor your sins. <H2403>
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If ye forsake <H5800> the LORD, <H3068> and serve <H5647> strange <H5236> gods, <H0430> then he will turn <H7725> and do you hurt, <H7489> and consume <H3615> you, after <H0310> that he hath done you good. <H3190>
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And the people <H5971> said <H0559> unto Joshua, <H3091> Nay; but we will serve <H5647> the LORD. <H3068>
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And Joshua <H3091> said <H0559> unto the people, <H5971> Ye [are] witnesses <H5707> against yourselves that ye have chosen <H0977> you the LORD, <H3068> to serve <H5647> him. And they said, <H0559> [We are] witnesses. <H5707>
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Now therefore put away, <H5493> [said he], the strange <H5236> gods <H0430> which [are] among <H7130> you, and incline <H5186> your heart <H3824> unto the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel. <H3478>
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And the people <H5971> said <H0559> unto Joshua, <H3091> The LORD <H3068> our God <H0430> will we serve, <H5647> and his voice <H6963> will we obey. <H8085>
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So Joshua <H3091> made <H3772> a covenant <H1285> with the people <H5971> that day, <H3117> and set <H7760> them a statute <H2706> and an ordinance <H4941> in Shechem. <H7927>
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And Joshua <H3091> wrote <H3789> these words <H1697> in the book <H5612> of the law <H8451> of God, <H0430> and took <H3947> a great <H1419> stone, <H0068> and set it up <H6965> there under an oak, <H0427> that [was] by the sanctuary <H4720> of the LORD. <H3068>
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And Joshua <H3091> said <H0559> unto all the people, <H5971> Behold, this stone <H0068> shall be a witness <H5713> unto us; for it hath heard <H8085> all the words <H0561> of the LORD <H3068> which he spake <H1696> unto us: it shall be therefore a witness <H5713> unto you, lest ye deny <H3584> your God. <H0430>
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So Joshua <H3091> let the people <H5971> depart, <H7971> every man <H0376> unto his inheritance. <H5159>
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And it came to pass after <H0310> these things, <H1697> that Joshua <H3091> the son <H1121> of Nun, <H5126> the servant <H5650> of the LORD, <H3068> died, <H4191> [being] an hundred <H3967> and ten <H6235> years <H8141> old. <H1121>
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And they buried <H6912> him in the border <H1366> of his inheritance <H5159> in Timnathserah, <H8556> which [is] in mount <H2022> Ephraim, <H0669> on the north <H6828> side of the hill <H2022> of Gaash. <H1608>
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And Israel <H3478> served <H5647> the LORD <H3068> all the days <H3117> of Joshua, <H3091> and all the days <H3117> of the elders <H2205> that overlived <H0748> <H3117> <H0310> Joshua, <H3091> and which had known <H3045> all the works <H4639> of the LORD, <H3068> that he had done <H6213> for Israel. <H3478>
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And the bones <H6106> of Joseph, <H3130> which the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> brought up <H5927> out of Egypt, <H4714> buried <H6912> they in Shechem, <H7927> in a parcel <H2513> of ground <H7704> which Jacob <H3290> bought <H7069> of the sons <H1121> of Hamor <H2544> the father <H0001> of Shechem <H7927> for an hundred <H3967> pieces of silver: <H7192> and it became the inheritance <H5159> of the children <H1121> of Joseph. <H3130>
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And Eleazar <H0499> the son <H1121> of Aaron <H0175> died; <H4191> and they buried <H6912> him in a hill <H1389> [that pertained to] Phinehas <H6372> his son, <H1121> which was given <H5414> him in mount <H2022> Ephraim. <H0669>