Wednesday Bible Study: Joshua checks out

This is the penultimate chapter of Joshua. It ' s the first half of his farewell address, and it ' s just more of the same. Obey the law, don ' t have anything to do with other Gods, don ' t marry or have sex with people who worship other Gods, or you ' re screwed. Otherwise I ' ll keep all my promises. (Well, he actually didn ' t and won ' t in the future.) Same old same old as Moses. There ' s a bit more of this next time, then he gets buried, then we ' re on to Judges.23 After a long time had passed and theLord had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,2 summoned all Israel —their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old.3 You yourselves have seen everything theLord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was theLord your God who fought for you.4 Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain —the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west.5 TheLord your God himself will push them out for your sake. He will drive them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as theLord your God promised you.6 “Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.7 Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods o...
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