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Joshua 23:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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; "

Joshua 23:7

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5 The LORD your God will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spoke to you.

6 “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 away from it to the right hand or to the left;

7 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;

8 but hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

9 “For the LORD has driven great and strong nations out from before you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

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Joshua 23:1

"After many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,"

Joshua 23:2

"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."

Joshua 23:3

"You have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the LORD your God who has fought for you."

Joshua 23:4

"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."

Joshua 23:5

"The LORD your God will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spoke to you."

Joshua 23:6

"“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 away from it to the right hand or to the left;"

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