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Joshua 23:1 (show verse)
A long time after that, when the Lord had given Israel rest from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua had grown old and advanced in years,
Joshua 23:2 (show verse)
that Joshua called all Israel, their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, “I am old and advanced in years.
Joshua 23:3 (show verse)
And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; for the Lord your God is He who has been fighting for you.
Joshua 23:4 (show verse)
See, I have allotted to you these nations that remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have cut off, from the Jordan [on the east] to the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward the setting sun.
Joshua 23:5 (show verse)
The Lord your God will push them away from before you and drive them out of your sight and you will take possession of their land, just as the Lord your God promised you.
Joshua 23:6 (show verse)
Be steadfast and very determined to keep and to do everything that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so that you do not turn aside from it to the right or the left,
Joshua 23:7 (show verse)
so that you do not associate with these nations which remain among you, or mention the name of their gods, or make anyone swear [an oath by them], or serve them, or bow down to them.
Bowing » What not to bow down before
Idolatry » Saints should » Not have religious intercourse with those who practice
Idolatry » Consists in » Swearing by other gods
Idolatry » Saints should » Keep from
Israel » Separation of » Of israel from the heathen, encouraged
Marriage » Who not to marry
Oaths » The jews » Forbidden to take, in name of idols
Separation » In israel, of the physically unclean and diseased from the » Of israel from the heathen, encouraged
Service » What not to serve
Idolatry » Saints should » Not have religious intercourse with those who practice
Idolatry » Consists in » Swearing by other gods
Idolatry » Saints should » Keep from
Israel » Separation of » Of israel from the heathen, encouraged
Marriage » Who not to marry
Oaths » The jews » Forbidden to take, in name of idols
Separation » In israel, of the physically unclean and diseased from the » Of israel from the heathen, encouraged
Service » What not to serve
Joshua 23:8 (show verse)
But you are to cling to the Lord your God, just as you have done to this day.
Joshua 23:9 (show verse)
For the Lord has driven out great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, no man has been able to stand [in opposition] before you to this day.
Joshua 23:10 (show verse)
One of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who is fighting for you, just as He promised you.
Joshua 23:11 (show verse)
So be very careful and watchful of yourselves to love the Lord your God.
Joshua 23:12 (show verse)
For if you ever turn back and cling to the rest of these nations, these that are left among you, and intermarry with them, so that you associate with them and they with you,
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Provoke God to leave mean to reap the fruits of them
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » Not to intermarry with
Jews, the » Prohibited from » Marry with others
Marriage » Who not to marry
Marriage » With the heathen forbidden
Miscegenation » Reasons for prohibition
Miscegenation » Joshua
Protection » Withdrawn from the » Backsliding
Snares » What is a snare
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » Not to intermarry with
Jews, the » Prohibited from » Marry with others
Marriage » Who not to marry
Marriage » With the heathen forbidden
Miscegenation » Reasons for prohibition
Miscegenation » Joshua
Protection » Withdrawn from the » Backsliding
Snares » What is a snare
Joshua 23:13 (show verse)
know and understand with certainty that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations out from before you; but they will be a snare and trap to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Punishment of
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Provoke God to leave mean to reap the fruits of them
Fellowship » With the wicked » Punishment of
Miscegenation » Reasons for prohibition
Protection » Withdrawn from the » Backsliding
Snares » What is a snare
worldly Snares » Evil associations
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Evil associations
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Provoke God to leave mean to reap the fruits of them
Fellowship » With the wicked » Punishment of
Miscegenation » Reasons for prohibition
Protection » Withdrawn from the » Backsliding
Snares » What is a snare
worldly Snares » Evil associations
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Evil associations
Joshua 23:14 (show verse)
“Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God has promised concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed.
Joshua 23:15 (show verse)
It shall come about that just as every good word which the Lord your God spoke and promised to you has been fulfilled for you, so the Lord will bring upon you every bad thing [about which He warned you], until He has destroyed and eliminated you from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
Joshua 23:16 (show verse)
When you transgress (violate) the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you [to follow], and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from the good land which He has given you.”