<vn='1'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="622">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s> for the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and for their <sn="7218">heads</s>, and for their <sn="8199">judges</s>, and for their <sn="7860">officers</s>; and they presented <sn="3320">themselves</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, Your <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> on the other <sn="5676">side</s> of the <sn="5104">flood</s> in old <sn="4480 5769">time</s>, even <sn="8646">Terah</s>, the <sn="1">father</s> of <sn="85">Abraham</s>, and the <sn="1">father</s> of <sn="5152">Nachor</s>: and they <sn="5647">served</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And I <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="1">father</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="85">Abraham</s> from the other <sn="4480 5676">side</s> of the <sn="5104">flood</s>, and <sn="1980">led</s> him throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>, and <sn="7235">multiplied</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2233">seed</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> him <sn="*853"></s><sn="3327">Isaac</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And I <sn="5414">gave</s> unto <sn="3327">Isaac</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3290">Jacob</s> and <sn="6215">Esau</s>: and I <sn="5414">gave</s> unto <sn="6215">Esau</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2022">mount</s><sn="8165">Seir</s>, to <sn="3423">possess</s> it; but <sn="3290">Jacob</s> and his <sn="1121">children</s> went <sn="3381">down</s> into <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>I <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4872">Moses</s> also and <sn="175">Aaron</s>, and I <sn="5062">plagued</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4714">Egypt</s>, according to that <sn="834">which</s> I <sn="6213">did</s><sn="7130">among</s> them: and <sn="310">afterward</s> I brought you <sn="3318 *853">out</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And I brought your fathers <sn="3318 *853 1">out</s> of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>: and ye <sn="935">came</s> unto the <sn="3220">sea</s>; and the <sn="4714">Egyptians</s><sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s> your <sn="1">fathers</s> with <sn="7393">chariots</s> and <sn="6571">horsemen</s> unto the <sn="5488">Red</s><sn="3220">sea</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And when they <sn="6817">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, he <sn="7760">put</s><sn="3990">darkness</s><sn="996">between</s> you and the <sn="4713">Egyptians</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3220">sea</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them, and <sn="3680">covered</s> them; and your <sn="5869">eyes</s> have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> I have <sn="6213">done</s> in <sn="4714">Egypt</s>: and ye <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> a <sn="7227">long</s><sn="3117">season</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And I <sn="935">brought</s> you <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="567">Amorites</s>, which <sn="3427">dwelt</s> on the other <sn="5676">side</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>; and they <sn="3898">fought</s><sn="854">with</s> you: and I <sn="5414">gave</s> them into your <sn="3027">hand</s>, that ye might <sn="3423">possess</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="776">land</s>; and I <sn="8045">destroyed</s> them from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> you. </v>
<vn='9'>Then <sn="1111">Balak</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6834">Zippor</s>, <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, <sn="6965">arose</s> and <sn="3898">warred</s> against <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s> and <sn="7121">called</s><sn="1109">Balaam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1160">Beor</s> to <sn="7043">curse</s> you: </v>
<vn='10'>But I <sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearken</s> unto <sn="1109">Balaam</s>; therefore he <sn="1288 1288">blessed</s> you still: so I <sn="5337">delivered</s> you out of his <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And ye went <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3405">Jericho</s>: and the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="3405">Jericho</s><sn="3898">fought</s> against you, the <sn="567">Amorites</s>, and the <sn="6522">Perizzites</s>, and the <sn="3669">Canaanites</s>, and the <sn="2850">Hittites</s>, and the <sn="1622">Girgashites</s>, the <sn="2340">Hivites</s>, and the <sn="2983">Jebusites</s>; and I <sn="5414">delivered</s> them into your <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And I <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6880">hornet</s><sn="6440">before</s> you, which drove them <sn="1644 *853">out</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> you, even the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="567">Amorites</s>; but <sn="3808">not</s> with thy <sn="2719">sword</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> with thy <sn="7198">bow</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And I have <sn="5414">given</s> you a <sn="776">land</s> for <sn="834">which</s> ye did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3021">labor</s>, and <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834">which</s> ye <sn="1129">built</s><sn="3808">not</s>, and ye <sn="3427">dwell</s> in them; of the <sn="3754">vineyards</s> and <sn="2132">oliveyards</s><sn="834">which</s> ye <sn="5193">planted</s><sn="3808">not</s> do <sn="859">ye</s><sn="398">eat</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Now <sn="6258">therefore</s><sn="3372">fear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="5647">serve</s> him in <sn="8549">sincerity</s> and in <sn="571">truth</s>: and put <sn="5493">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="430">gods</s><sn="834">which</s> your <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="5647">served</s> on the other <sn="5676">side</s> of the <sn="5104">flood</s>, and in <sn="4714">Egypt</s>; and <sn="5647">serve</s> ye <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="518">if</s> it seem <sn="7489">evil</s> unto <sn="5869">you</s> to <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="977">choose</s> you this <sn="3117">day</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4310">whom</s> ye will <sn="5647">serve</s>; <sn="518">whether</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="430">gods</s><sn="834">which</s> your <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="5647">served</s><sn="834">that</s> were on the other <sn="5676">side</s> of the <sn="5104">flood</s>, <sn="518">or</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="567">Amorites</s>, in whose <sn="776">land</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="3427">dwell</s>: but as for <sn="595">me</s> and my <sn="1004">house</s>, we will <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, God <sn="2486">forbid</s> that we should <sn="4480 5800">forsake</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>; </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> it is that <sn="5927">brought</s> us up and our <sn="1">fathers</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, from the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of <sn="5650">bondage</s>, and <sn="834">which</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="428">those</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="226">signs</s> in our <sn="5869">sight</s>, and <sn="8104">preserved</s> us in <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1870">way</s><sn="834">wherein</s> we <sn="1980">went</s>, and among <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7130">through</s> whom we <sn="5674">passed</s>: </v>
<vn='18'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s> drove <sn="1644">out</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> us <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, even the <sn="567">Amorites</s> which <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>: therefore will <sn="587">we</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, Ye <sn="3808 3201">cannot</s><sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is a <sn="6918">holy</s><sn="430">God</s>; <sn="1931">he</s> is a <sn="7072">jealous</s><sn="410">God</s>; he will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5375">forgive</s> your <sn="6588">transgressions</s> nor your <sn="2403">sins</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3588">If</s> ye <sn="5800">forsake</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="5236">strange</s><sn="430">gods</s>, then he will <sn="7725">turn</s> and do you <sn="7489">hurt</s>, and <sn="3615">consume</s> you, <sn="310">after</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath done you <sn="3190">good</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s>, <sn="3808">Nay</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> we will <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="859">Ye</s> are <sn="5707">witnesses</s> against yourselves <sn="3588">that</s><sn="859">ye</s> have <sn="977">chosen</s> you <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="5647">serve</s> him. And they <sn="559">said</s>, We are <sn="5707">witnesses</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore put <sn="5493">away</s>, said he, the <sn="*853"></s><sn="5236">strange</s><sn="430">gods</s><sn="834">which</s> are <sn="7130">among</s> you, and <sn="5186">incline</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s>, <sn="*853"></s> The <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s> will we <sn="5647">serve</s>, and his <sn="6963">voice</s> will we <sn="8085">obey</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>So <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s> with the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, and <sn="7760">set</s> them a <sn="2706">statute</s> and an <sn="4941">ordinance</s> in <sn="7927">Shechem</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="3789">wrote</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1697">words</s> in the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="8451">law</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s> a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="68">stone</s>, and set it <sn="6965">up</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="8478">under</s> an <sn="427">oak</s>, <sn="834">that</s> was by the <sn="4720">sanctuary</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="2063">this</s><sn="68">stone</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="5713">witness</s> unto us; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">it</s> hath <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="561">words</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="5973">unto</s> us: it shall <sn="1961">be</s> therefore a <sn="5713">witness</s> unto you, <sn="6435">lest</s> ye <sn="3584">deny</s> your <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>So <sn="3091">Joshua</s> let <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7971">depart</s>, every <sn="376">man</s> unto his <sn="5159">inheritance</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">things</s>, that <sn="3091">Joshua</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5126">Nun</s>, the <sn="5650">servant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="4191">died</s>, being a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="6235">ten</s> years <sn="8141">old</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And they <sn="6912">buried</s> him in the <sn="1366">border</s> of his <sn="5159">inheritance</s> in <sn="8556">Timnathserah</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is in <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, on the north <sn="4480 6828">side</s> of the <sn="2022">hill</s> of <sn="1608">Gaash</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5647">served</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="3091">Joshua</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of the <sn="2205">elders</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="748 3117 310">overlived</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s>, and <sn="834">which</s> had <sn="3045">known</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4639">works</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">that</s> he had <sn="6213">done</s> for <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And the <sn="6106">bones</s> of <sn="3130">Joseph</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> brought <sn="5927">up</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, <sn="6912">buried</s> they in <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, in a <sn="2513">parcel</s> of <sn="7704">ground</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="7069">bought</s><sn="4480 854">of</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="2544">Hamor</s> the <sn="1">father</s> of <sn="7928">Shechem</s> for a <sn="3967">hundred</s> pieces of <sn="7192">silver</s>: and it <sn="1961">became</s> the <sn="5159">inheritance</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3130">Joseph</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And <sn="499">Eleazar</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="175">Aaron</s><sn="4191">died</s>; and they <sn="6912">buried</s> him in a <sn="1389">hill</s> that pertained to <sn="6372">Phinehas</s> his <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was <sn="5414">given</s> him in <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>. </v>