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Joshua 23:1 (show verse)
Now it came about after many days, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years,
Joshua 23:2 (show verse)
that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in years.
Joshua 23:3 (show verse)
And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you, for the Lord your God is He who has been fighting for you.
Joshua 23:4 (show verse)
See, I have apportioned to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have cut off, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun.
Joshua 23:5 (show verse)
The Lord your God, He will thrust them out from before you and drive them from before you; and you will possess their land, just as the Lord your God promised you.
Joshua 23:6 (show verse)
Joshua 23:7 (show verse)
so that you will not associate with these nations, these which remain among you, or mention the name of their gods, or make anyone swear 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, as you have done to this day.
Joshua 23:9 (show verse)
Joshua 23:10 (show verse)
Joshua 23:11 (show verse)
So take diligent heed to yourselves to love the Lord your God.
Joshua 23:12 (show verse)
For if you ever go back and cling to the rest of these nations, these which remain 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 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 a trap to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off 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 spoke 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 all the good words which the Lord your God spoke to you have come upon you, so the Lord will bring upon you all the threats, until He has destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you.