Joshua 23
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Joshua's words of encouragement before his death
Verse 1
WEB It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,
KJV And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
TSK the Lord: jos 11:23, jos 21:44, jos 22:4, ps 46:9; waxed old: jos 13:1, ge 25:8, de 31:2
Verse 2
WEB that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, “I am old and well advanced in years.
KJV 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:
TSK all Israel: jos 24:1, de 31:28, 1ch 28:1, ac 20:17-35
Verse 3
WEB You have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you.
KJV And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.
TSK And ye: de 4:9, ps 44:1,2, mal 1:5; for the: jos 10:14,42, ex 14:14, de 20:4, ps 44:3
Verse 4
WEB Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
KJV Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
TSK Behold: jos 13:2,6,7, jos 18:10
Verse 5
WEB Yahweh your God will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to you.
KJV 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.
TSK he shall: jos 23:12,13, jos 13:6, ex 23:30,31, ex 33:2, ex 34:11, de 11:23; as the Lord: nu 33:52,53
Verse 6
WEB “Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
KJV 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;
TSK very: jos 1:7-9, jer 9:3, 1co 16:13, eph 6:10-19, heb 12:4, re 21:8; that ye: de 5:32, de 12:32, de 17:20, de 28:14, pr 4:26,27
Verse 7
WEB that you not come 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 down yourselves to them;
KJV 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:
TSK That ye come: jos 23:12, ex 23:33, de 7:2,3, pr 4:14, 1co 15:33, 2co 6:14-17, eph 5:11; neither: ex 23:13, nu 32:38, ps 16:4, ho 2:17; to swear: jer 5:7, zep 1:5
Verse 9
WEB “For Yahweh has driven great and strong nations out from before you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
KJV 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.
TSK For the Lord: jos 23:5, jos 21:43,44, de 11:23; no man: jos 1:5,8,9, jos 15:14
Verse 10
WEB One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
KJV 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.
TSK One man: le 26:8, de 32:30, jud 3:31, jud 7:19-22, jud 15:15, 1sa 14:6,12-16, 2sa 23:8; Lord: jos 10:42, ex 14:14, ex 23:27-33, de 3:22, de 20:4, ps 35:1, ps 44:4,5, ps 46:7, ro 8:31
Joshua gives warning to the people of worship of false gods
Verse 12
WEB “But if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;
KJV Else if ye do in any wise 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:
TSK go back: ps 36:3, ps 125:5, isa 1:4, eze 18:24, zep 1:6, mt 12:45, joh 6:66, heb 10:38,39, 2pe 2:18-22, 1jo 2:9; cleave: ge 2:24, ge 34:3, 1sa 18:1-3, 1ki 11:2, ro 12:9; shall make: ex 34:12-16, de 7:3, 1ki 11:4, ezr 9:1,2,11,12, ne 13:23-26, 2co 6:14-17
Verse 13
WEB know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
KJV Know for a certainty 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.
TSK will no: ex 23:33, nu 33:55, de 7:16, jud 2:2,3, ps 106:35-39; snares: de 7:16, jud 2:3, 1ki 11:4, ps 69:22, 2ti 2:26; until ye perish: le 26:31-35, de 4:26, de 28:63-68, de 29:28, de 30:18, 2ki 17:22,23, 2ki 25:21,26, lu 21:24
Verse 14
WEB “Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.
KJV 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.
TSK I am going: 1ki 2:2, job 30:23, ec 9:10, ec 12:5, heb 9:27; not one thing: jos 21:43-45, ex 3:8, ex 23:27-30, le 26:3-13, nu 23:19, de 28:1-14, 1sa 3:19, 1ki 8:56, lu 21:33
Verse 15
WEB It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you,
KJV 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.
TSK so shall: le 26:14-46, de 28:15-68, jud 3:8,12, jud 4:1,2, jud 6:1, jud 10:6,7, jud 13:1, 2ch 36:16,17, lu 21:22-24, 1th 2:16
Verse 16
WEB when you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them. Then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.”
KJV When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
TSK then shall: 2ki 24:20