us, and that the LORD was GOD.
(Joshua)
Chapter 23
Joshua holds a Diet to admonish the people.

And it came to pass after a long time, when the LORD had given Israel rest from all their enemies round about, that Joshua was old and in a good state of health, 2. And he called all Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers, and said unto them: I am old and well stricken in years,

And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations before you: for the LORD your God hath himself fought for you.

Behold, I have divided unto you by lot the remnant of nations, every tribe his inheritance from Jordan, and all the nations which I have cut off, and by the great sea toward the going down of the sun.

And the LORD your God shall cast them out from before you, and drive them out from among you, and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath spoken unto you.

Be of good cheer therefore, that ye keep and do all things which are written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside from it to the right hand, or to the left, 7. That ye come not among these other nations which are with you, neither remembering, nor swearing by the name of their gods, nor serving, nor worshipping them, 8. But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.

So shall the LORD drive out from before you great and mighty nations: and no man hath withstood you unto this day.

One of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God fighteth for you, as he hath spoken unto you.

Therefore keep your souls most diligently, that ye may love the LORD your God.

But if ye turn, and cleave unto these remnant nations, and marry yourselves unto them, that ye may come among them, and they among you,

Know therefore that the LORD your God will no more drive out all these nations from before you, but they shall become a snare and a net unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and a sting in your eyes, until he destroy you from off the good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

Behold, I go this day as all the world: and ye shall know with all your heart and with all your soul, that not one word hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God hath spoken unto you: all things are come, and none remaineth.

Therefore as all good things have come to you, which the LORD your God hath spoken unto you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he destroy you from off this good land, which the LORD your God hath given you,

If ye transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them, that the wrath of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given you.
(Joshua)
Chapter 24
Joshua’s last day in the land. His and Eleazar’s death.

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel unto Shechem, and called the elders of Israel, the chiefs, and the judges, and the officers. And when they had stood before GOD, 2. And he said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt in time past beyond the waters, Tarah, Abraham’s father, and Nahor’s father, and served other gods.

And I took your father Abraham beyond the river, and caused him to wander throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed unto him, and gave him Isaac.

And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau: and I gave Esau possession of mount Seir. And Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

And I sent Moses and Aaron, and afflicted Egypt, as I did among them.

After this I brought you and your fathers out of Egypt. And when ye came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea, 7. And they cried unto the LORD, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them. And your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt. And ye dwelt in the wilderness a long time.

And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt beyond Jordan: and when they fought against you, I delivered them into your hand to possess their land, and destroyed them from before you.

And Balak the son of Zipor king of Moab arose, and fought against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

But I would not hear him. And he blessed you; and I delivered you out of his hands.

And when ye were passed over Jordan, and came to Jericho, the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgothites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: but I delivered them into your hand.

And he sent hornets before you; and they drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.

And I have given you a land wherein ye have not labored, and cities which ye have not built, that ye may dwell therein, and eat of vineyards and oliveyards which ye have not planted.

Fear ye the LORD therefore, and serve him faithfully and righteously: forsake the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

But if it please you not to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; the LORD, whom your fathers served on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But I and my house will serve the LORD.

And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the LORD, and to serve other gods.

For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, and did great signs in our sight, and kept us in all the way which we went, and among all the nations through which we passed;

And hath cast out from before us all the Amorite nations that dwelt in the land. Therefore will we also serve the LORD: for he is our God.

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God, a jealous
God, which will not spare your transgression and your sin.

But if ye forsake the LORD, and serve a strange god, he will turn and afflict you, and kill you, after he hath done you good.

And the people said unto Joshua, Not so; but we will serve the LORD.

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves, that ye have chosen the LORD to serve you. And they said: Yes.

Put away therefore the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

And the people said unto Joshua, We will serve the LORD our God, and obey his voice.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set before them statutes and judgments in Shechem.

And Joshua wrote all these things in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak which was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

And he said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness between us: for it hath heard all the words of the LORD, which he spake unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, that ye deny not your God.

So Joshua left the people, every man to his inheritance.

And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died when he was an hundred and ten years old.

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath Serah, which is in mount Ephraim, from the north side of mount Gaash.

And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and the elders that lived long after Joshua, who knew all the works of the LORD which he had done for Israel.

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the piece of ground which Jacob bought of the children of Hemor the father of Shechem for an hundred pence; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

Eleazar also the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in Gibeah of Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Text of the unrevised Luther Bible 1545:
DeepL English Translation
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The Book of Judges (Judges) ^
Chapter 1
The tribe of Judah wages war in Joshua’s stead.

After the death of Joshua the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying: Who shall make war among us against the Canaanites?

And the LORD said, Judah shall lead him. Behold, I have given the land into his hand.

And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Go up with me in my lot, and let us fight against the Canaanites, and I will go with thee again in thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

And it came to pass, when Judah was gone up, that the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the