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Jos 23:2	Strong Concordance	And Joshua [03091] called [07121] for all Israel [03478], and for their elders [02205], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860], and said [0559] unto them, I am old [02204] and stricken [0935] in age [03117]:
	King James	And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Joshua called for all Israel--The clause which follows seems to restrict this general expression as applicable only to the officers and representatives of the people. The place of assembly was most probably Shiloh. The occasion of convening it was the extreme age and approaching death of the venerable leader; and the purport of this solemn address was to animate the chosen people and their posterity to a faithful and unswerving continuance in the faith and worship of the God of Israel.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Joshua called for all Israel--The clause which follows seems to restrict this general expression as applicable only to the officers and representatives of the people. The place of assembly was most probably Shiloh. The occasion of convening it was the extreme age and approaching death of the venerable leader; and the purport of this solemn address was to animate the chosen people and their posterity to a faithful and unswerving continuance in the faith and worship of the God of Israel.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
All Israel, and for their elders - Omit "and," which is not in the Hebrew. The meaning is that Joshua summoned to him all Israel as represented by its elders, etc. Deu 1:15. This gathering probably took place at the tabernacle at Shiloh.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Joshua commenced his address by reminding them of the greatest manifestations of grace which they had received from the Lord, namely, by referring to what the Lord had done to all these nations (the Canaanites) before them, when He fought for Israel, as Moses had promised them (Deu 1:30 and Deu 3:22). Jos 23:3 "Before you," sc., smiting and driving them away. Jos 23:4 He (Joshua) had now divided by lot among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance these still remaining (Canaanitish) nations, as the Lord had commanded (Jos 13:6-7), "from Jordan and further all the nations, which I have exterminated (i.e., which Joshua had destroyed when Canaan was taken), and the great sea (for 'to the great sea') in the west." The breadth of the land of Canaan is here given in a peculiar manner, the terminus a quo being mentioned in the first clause, and the terminus ad quem (though without the preposition עד) in the second; and through the parallelism which exists between the clauses, each clause is left to be completed from the other. So that the whole sentence would read thus: "All these nations which remain ... from Jordan to the great sea, also all the nations which I have cut off from Jordan, and to the great sea westward." Jos 23:5 For the Lord would drive all these still remaining nations before the Israelites, and cut them off, and give the Israelites their land for a possession, as He had promised (Jos 13:6; cf. Exo 23:23.). הדף, as in Deu 6:19; Deu 9:4; and the form יהדּפם, with Chateph-kametz, on account of the weakness of the ה, as in Num 35:20. ירשׁתּם, as in Jos 1:15. Jos 23:6-8 Only let them be strong, i.e., be brave, to keep the law of Moses without fail (cf. Jos 1:7), to enter into no fellowship with these remaining nations (בּוא, to enter into close intimacy with a person; see Jos 23:12), and not to pay reverence to their gods in any way, but to adhere stedfastly to the Lord their God as they had hitherto done. To make mention of the names of the idols (Exo 23:13), to swear by them, to serve them (by sacrifices), and to bow down to them (to invoke them in prayer), are the four outward forms of divine worship (see Deu 6:13; Deu 10:20). The concluding words, "as ye have done unto this day," which express a reason for persevering in the attachment they had hitherto shown to Jehovah, "do not affirm that the Israelites had hitherto done all these things fully and perfectly; for who does not know how few mortals there are who devote themselves to God with all the piety and love which He justly demands? But because the nation as a whole had kept the laws delivered to them by Moses, during the time that the government had been in the hands of Joshua, the sins of individual men were left out of sight on this occasion" (Masius). Jos 23:9-13 For this reason the Lord had driven out great and strong nations before the Israelites, so that no one was able to stand before them. The first hemistich points to the fulfilment of Deu 4:38; Deu 7:1; Deu 9:1; Deu 11:23; the second to that of Deu 7:24; Deu 11:25. ואתּם is placed at the beginning absolutely. - In Jos 23:10, the blessing of fidelity to the law which Israel had hitherto experienced, is described, as in Deu 32:30, upon the basis of the promise in Lev 26:7-8, and Deu 28:7, and in Jos 23:10 the thought of Jos 23:3 is repeated. To this there is attached, in Jos 23:11-13, the admonition to take heed for the sake of their souls (cf. Deu 4:15), to love the Lord their God (on the love of God as the sum of the fulfilment of the law, see Deu 6:5; Deu 10:12; Deu 11:13). For if they turned, i.e., gave up the faithfulness they had hitherto displayed towards Jehovah, and attached themselves to the remnant of these nations, made marriages with them, and entered into fellowship with them, which the Lord had expressly forbidden (Exo 34:12-15; Deu 7:3), let them know that the Lord their God would not cut off these nations before them any more, but that they would be a snare and destruction to them. This threat is founded upon such passages of the law as Exo 23:33; Deu 7:16, and more especially Num 33:55. The figure of a trap, which is employed here (see Exo 10:7), is still further strengthened by פּח, a snare (cf. Isa 8:14-15). Shotet, a whip or scourge, an emphatic form of the word derived from the poel of שׁוּט, only occurs here. "Scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes" (see Num 33:55). Joshua crowds his figures together to depict the misery and oppression which would be sure to result from fellowship with the Canaanites, because, from his knowledge of the fickleness of the people, and the wickedness of the human heart in its natural state, he could foresee that the apostasy of the nation from the Lord, which Moses had foretold, would take place but too quickly; as it actually did, according to Jdg 2:3., in the very next generation. The words "until ye perish," etc., resume the threat held out by Moses in Deu 11:17 (cf. Josh Deu 28:21.).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Joshua commenced his address by reminding them of the greatest manifestations of grace which they had received from the Lord, namely, by referring to what the Lord had done to all these nations (the Canaanites) before them, when He fought for Israel, as Moses had promised them (Deu 1:30 and Deu 3:22).

Jos 23:3

"Before you," sc., smiting and driving them away.

Jos 23:4

He (Joshua) had now divided by lot among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance these still remaining (Canaanitish) nations, as the Lord had commanded (Jos 13:6-7), "from Jordan and further all the nations, which I have exterminated (i.e., which Joshua had destroyed when Canaan was taken), and the great sea (for 'to the great sea') in the west." The breadth of the land of Canaan is here given in a peculiar manner, the terminus a quo being mentioned in the first clause, and the terminus ad quem (though without the preposition עד) in the second; and through the parallelism which exists between the clauses, each clause is left to be completed from the other. So that the whole sentence would read thus: "All these nations which remain ... from Jordan to the great sea, also all the nations which I have cut off from Jordan, and to the great sea westward."

Jos 23:5

For the Lord would drive all these still remaining nations before the Israelites, and cut them off, and give the Israelites their land for a possession, as He had promised (Jos 13:6; cf. Exo 23:23.). הדף, as in Deu 6:19; Deu 9:4; and the form יהדּפם, with Chateph-kametz, on account of the weakness of the ה, as in Num 35:20. ירשׁתּם, as in Jos 1:15.

Jos 23:6-8

Only let them be strong, i.e., be brave, to keep the law of Moses without fail (cf. Jos 1:7), to enter into no fellowship with these remaining nations (בּוא, to enter into close intimacy with a person; see Jos 23:12), and not to pay reverence to their gods in any way, but to adhere stedfastly to the Lord their God as they had hitherto done. To make mention of the names of the idols (Exo 23:13), to swear by them, to serve them (by sacrifices), and to bow down to them (to invoke them in prayer), are the four outward forms of divine worship (see Deu 6:13; Deu 10:20). The concluding words, "as ye have done unto this day," which express a reason for persevering in the attachment they had hitherto shown to Jehovah, "do not affirm that the Israelites had hitherto done all these things fully and perfectly; for who does not know how few mortals there are who devote themselves to God with all the piety and love which He justly demands? But because the nation as a whole had kept the laws delivered to them by Moses, during the time that the government had been in the hands of Joshua, the sins of individual men were left out of sight on this occasion" (Masius).

Jos 23:9-13

For this reason the Lord had driven out great and strong nations before the Israelites, so that no one was able to stand before them. The first hemistich points to the fulfilment of Deu 4:38; Deu 7:1; Deu 9:1; Deu 11:23; the second to that of Deu 7:24; Deu 11:25. ואתּם is placed at the beginning absolutely. - In Jos 23:10, the blessing of fidelity to the law which Israel had hitherto experienced, is described, as in Deu 32:30, upon the basis of the promise in Lev 26:7-8, and Deu 28:7, and in Jos 23:10 the thought of Jos 23:3 is repeated. To this there is attached, in Jos 23:11-13, the admonition to take heed for the sake of their souls (cf. Deu 4:15), to love the Lord their God (on the love of God as the sum of the fulfilment of the law, see Deu 6:5; Deu 10:12; Deu 11:13). For if they turned, i.e., gave up the faithfulness they had hitherto displayed towards Jehovah, and attached themselves to the remnant of these nations, made marriages with them, and entered into fellowship with them, which the Lord had expressly forbidden (Exo 34:12-15; Deu 7:3), let them know that the Lord their God would not cut off these nations before them any more, but that they would be a snare and destruction to them. This threat is founded upon such passages of the law as Exo 23:33; Deu 7:16, and more especially Num 33:55. The figure of a trap, which is employed here (see Exo 10:7), is still further strengthened by פּח, a snare (cf. Isa 8:14-15). Shotet, a whip or scourge, an emphatic form of the word derived from the poel of שׁוּט, only occurs here. "Scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes" (see Num 33:55). Joshua crowds his figures together to depict the misery and oppression which would be sure to result from fellowship with the Canaanites, because, from his knowledge of the fickleness of the people, and the wickedness of the human heart in its natural state, he could foresee that the apostasy of the nation from the Lord, which Moses had foretold, would take place but too quickly; as it actually did, according to Jdg 2:3., in the very next generation. The words "until ye perish," etc., resume the threat held out by Moses in Deu 11:17 (cf. Josh Deu 28:21.).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Joshua called - Either to his own city, or rather to Shiloh, the usual place of such assemblies, where his words being uttered before the Lord, were likely to have the more effect upon them. All Israel - Not all the people in their own persons, but in their representatives, by their elders, heads, judges and officers. Probably he took the opportunity, of one of the three great feasts. You will not have me long to preach to you; therefore observe what I say, and lay it up for the time to come.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Joshua called for all Israel - There are four degrees of civil distinction mentioned here: 1. זקנים zekenim, the elders or senate, the Princes of the tribes. 2. ראשים rashim or rashey aboth, the Chiefs or Heads of families. 3. שפטים shophetim, the Judges who interpreted and decided according to the law. 4. שטרים shoterim, the Officers, serjeants, etc., who executed the decisions of the judges. Whether this assembly was held at Timnath-serah, where Joshua lived, or at Shiloh, where the ark was, or at Shechem, as in Jos 24:1, we cannot tell. Some think that the meaning here, and that mentioned in Jos 24:1, were the same, and if so, Shechem was the place of assembling; but it is more likely that the two chapters treat of two distinct assemblies, whether held at the same place or not.

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¹⁵ So I took [03947] the chief [07218] of your tribes [07626], wise [02450] men [0582], and known [03045], and made [05414] them heads [07218] over you, captains [08269] over thousands [0505], and captains [08269] over hundreds [03967], and captains [08269] over fifties [02572], and captains [08269] over tens [06235], and officers [07860] among your tribes [07626].

²¹ The LORD [03068] shall make the pestilence [01698] cleave [01692] unto thee, until he have consumed [03615] thee from off the land [0127], whither thou goest [0935] to possess [03423] it.

¹⁷ And then the LORD'S [03068] wrath [0639] be kindled [02734] against you, and he shut up [06113] the heaven [08064], that there be no rain [04306], and that the land [0127] yield [05414] not her fruit [02981]; and lest ye perish [06] quickly [04120] from off the good [02896] land [0776] which the LORD [03068] giveth [05414] you.

³ Wherefore I also said [0559], I will not drive them out [01644] from before [06440] you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides [06654], and their gods [0430] shall be a snare [04170] unto you.

⁵⁵ But if ye will not drive out [03423] the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776] from before [06440] you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain [03498] of them shall be pricks [07899] in your eyes [05869], and thorns [06796] in your sides [06654], and shall vex [06887] you in the land [0776] wherein ye dwell [03427].

¹⁴ And he shall be for a sanctuary [04720]; but for a stone [068] of stumbling [05063] and for a rock [06697] of offence [04383] to both [08147] the houses [01004] of Israel [03478], for a gin [06341] and for a snare [04170] to the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389].
¹⁵ And many [07227] among them shall stumble [03782], and fall [05307], and be broken [07665], and be snared [03369], and be taken [03920].

⁷ And Pharaoh's [06547] servants [05650] said [0559] unto him, How long shall this man be a snare [04170] unto us? let the men [0582] go [07971], that they may serve [05647] the LORD [03068] their God [0430]: knowest [03045] thou not yet [02962] that Egypt [04714] is destroyed [06]?

¹⁶ And thou shalt consume [0398] all the people [05971] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall deliver [05414] thee; thine eye [05869] shall have no pity [02347] upon them: neither shalt thou serve [05647] their gods [0430]; for that will be a snare [04170] unto thee.

³³ They shall not dwell [03427] in thy land [0776], lest they make thee sin [02398] against me: for if thou serve [05647] their gods [0430], it will surely be a snare [04170] unto thee.

³ Neither shalt thou make marriages [02859] with them; thy daughter [01323] thou shalt not give [05414] unto his son [01121], nor his daughter [01323] shalt thou take [03947] unto thy son [01121].

¹² Take heed [08104] to thyself, lest thou make [03772] a covenant [01285] with the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776] whither thou goest [0935], lest it be for a snare [04170] in the midst [07130] of thee:
¹³ But ye shall destroy [05422] their altars [04196], break [07665] their images [04676], and cut down [03772] their groves [0842]:
¹⁴ For thou shalt worship [07812] no other [0312] god [0410]: for the LORD [03068], whose name [08034] is Jealous [07067], is a jealous [07067] God [0410]:
¹⁵ Lest thou make [03772] a covenant [01285] with the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776], and they go a whoring [02181] after [0310] their gods [0430], and do sacrifice [02076] unto their gods [0430], and one call [07121] thee, and thou eat [0398] of his sacrifice [02077];

¹³ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken [08085] diligently [08085] unto my commandments [04687] which I command [06680] you this day [03117], to love [0157] the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and to serve [05647] him with all your heart [03824] and with all your soul [05315],

¹² And now, Israel [03478], what doth the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] require [07592] of thee, but to fear [03372] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], to walk [03212] in all his ways [01870], and to love [0157] him, and to serve [05647] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] with all thy heart [03824] and with all thy soul [05315],

⁵ And thou shalt love [0157] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] with all thine heart [03824], and with all thy soul [05315], and with all thy might [03966].

¹⁵ Take ye therefore good [03966] heed [08104] unto yourselves [05315]; for ye saw [07200] no manner of similitude [08544] on the day [03117] that the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto you in Horeb [02722] out of the midst [08432] of the fire [0784]:

¹¹ Take good [03966] heed [08104] therefore unto yourselves [05315], that ye love [0157] the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
¹² Else if ye do in any wise [07725] go back [07725], and cleave [01692] unto the remnant [03499] of these nations [01471], even these that remain [07604] among you, and shall make marriages [02859] with them, and go in [0935] unto them, and they to you:
¹³ Know [03045] for a certainty [03045] that the LORD [03068] your God [0430] will no more [03254] drive out [03423] any of these nations [01471] from before [06440] you; but they shall be snares [06341] and traps [04170] unto you, and scourges [07850] in your sides [06654], and thorns [06796] in your eyes [05869], until ye perish [06] from off this good [02896] land [0127] which the LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath given [05414] you.

³ And ye have seen [07200] all that the LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath done [06213] unto all these nations [01471] because [06440] of you; for the LORD [03068] your God [0430] is he that hath fought [03898] for you.

¹⁰ One [0259] man [0376] of you shall chase [07291] a thousand [0505]: for the LORD [03068] your God [0430], he it is that fighteth [03898] for you, as he hath promised [01696] you.

⁷ The LORD [03068] shall cause [05414] thine enemies [0341] that rise up [06965] against thee to be smitten [05062] before thy face [06440]: they shall come out [03318] against thee one [0259] way [01870], and flee [05127] before [06440] thee seven [07651] ways [01870].

⁷ And ye shall chase [07291] your enemies [0341], and they shall fall [05307] before [06440] you by the sword [02719].
⁸ And five [02568] of you shall chase [07291] an hundred [03967], and an hundred [03967] of you shall put ten thousand [07233] to flight [07291]: and your enemies [0341] shall fall [05307] before [06440] you by the sword [02719].

³⁰ How should one [0259] chase [07291] a thousand [0505], and two [08147] put ten [07233] thousand [0505] to flight [05127], except [03808] their Rock [06697] had sold [04376] them [03588], and the LORD [03068] had shut them up [05462]?

¹⁰ One [0259] man [0376] of you shall chase [07291] a thousand [0505]: for the LORD [03068] your God [0430], he it is that fighteth [03898] for you, as he hath promised [01696] you.

²⁵ There shall no man [0376] be able to stand [03320] before [06440] you: for the LORD [03068] your God [0430] shall lay [05414] the fear [06343] of you and the dread [04172] of you upon [06440] all the land [0776] that ye shall tread [01869] upon, as he hath said [01696] unto you.

²⁴ And he shall deliver [05414] their kings [04428] into thine hand [03027], and thou shalt destroy [06] their name [08034] from under heaven [08064]: there shall no man [0376] be able to stand [03320] before [06440] thee, until thou have destroyed [08045] them.

²³ Then will the LORD [03068] drive out [03423] all these nations [01471] from before [06440] you, and ye shall possess [03423] greater [01419] nations [01471] and mightier [06099] than yourselves.

¹ Hear [08085], O Israel [03478]: Thou art to pass over [05674] Jordan [03383] this day [03117], to go in [0935] to possess [03423] nations [01471] greater [01419] and mightier [06099] than thyself, cities [05892] great [01419] and fenced up [01219] to heaven [08064],

¹ When the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall bring [0935] thee into the land [0776] whither thou goest [0935] to possess [03423] it, and hath cast out [05394] many [07227] nations [01471] before [06440] thee, the Hittites [02850], and the Girgashites [01622], and the Amorites [0567], and the Canaanites [03669], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983], seven [07651] nations [01471] greater [07227] and mightier [06099] than thou;

³⁸ To drive out [03423] nations [01471] from before [06440] thee greater [01419] and mightier [06099] than thou art, to bring [0935] thee in, to give [05414] thee their land [0776] for an inheritance [05159], as it is this day [03117].

⁹ For the LORD [03068] hath driven out [03423] from before [06440] you great [01419] nations [01471] and strong [06099]: but as for you, no man [0376] hath been able to stand [05975] before [06440] you unto this day [03117].
¹⁰ One [0259] man [0376] of you shall chase [07291] a thousand [0505]: for the LORD [03068] your God [0430], he it is that fighteth [03898] for you, as he hath promised [01696] you.
¹¹ Take good [03966] heed [08104] therefore unto yourselves [05315], that ye love [0157] the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
¹² Else if ye do in any wise [07725] go back [07725], and cleave [01692] unto the remnant [03499] of these nations [01471], even these that remain [07604] among you, and shall make marriages [02859] with them, and go in [0935] unto them, and they to you:
¹³ Know [03045] for a certainty [03045] that the LORD [03068] your God [0430] will no more [03254] drive out [03423] any of these nations [01471] from before [06440] you; but they shall be snares [06341] and traps [04170] unto you, and scourges [07850] in your sides [06654], and thorns [06796] in your eyes [05869], until ye perish [06] from off this good [02896] land [0127] which the LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath given [05414] you.

²⁰ Thou shalt fear [03372] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]; him shalt thou serve [05647], and to him shalt thou cleave [01692], and swear [07650] by his name [08034].

¹³ Thou shalt fear [03372] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], and serve [05647] him, and shalt swear [07650] by his name [08034].

¹³ And in all things that I have said [0559] unto you be circumspect [08104]: and make no mention [02142] of the name [08034] of other [0312] gods [0430], neither let it be heard [08085] out [05921] of thy mouth [06310].

¹² Else if ye do in any wise [07725] go back [07725], and cleave [01692] unto the remnant [03499] of these nations [01471], even these that remain [07604] among you, and shall make marriages [02859] with them, and go in [0935] unto them, and they to you:

⁷ Only be thou strong [02388] and very [03966] courageous [0553], that thou mayest observe [08104] to do [06213] according to all the law [08451], which Moses [04872] my servant [05650] commanded [06680] thee: turn [05493] not from it to the right hand [03225] or to the left [08040], that thou mayest prosper [07919] whithersoever thou goest [03212].

⁶ Be ye therefore very [03966] courageous [02388] to keep [08104] and to do [06213] all that is written [03789] in the book [05612] of the law [08451] of Moses [04872], that ye turn [05493] not aside therefrom to the right hand [03225] or to the left [08040];
⁷ That ye come [0935] not among these nations [01471], these that remain [07604] among you; neither make mention [02142] of the name [08034] of their gods [0430], nor cause to swear [07650] by them, neither serve [05647] them, nor bow [07812] yourselves unto them:
⁸ But cleave [01692] unto the LORD [03068] your God [0430], as ye have done [06213] unto this day [03117].

¹⁵ Until the LORD [03068] have given [05117] your brethren [0251] rest [05117], as he hath given you, and they also have possessed [03423] the land [0776] which the LORD [03068] your God [0430] giveth [05414] them: then ye shall return [07725] unto the land [0776] of your possession [03425], and enjoy [03423] it, which Moses [04872] the LORD'S [03068] servant [05650] gave [05414] you on this side [05676] Jordan [03383] toward the sunrising [04217] [08121].

²⁰ But if he thrust [01920] him of hatred [08135], or hurl [07993] at him by laying of wait [06660], that he die [04191];

⁴ Speak [0559] not thou in thine heart [03824], after that the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath cast them out [01920] from before [06440] thee, saying [0559], For my righteousness [06666] the LORD [03068] hath brought me in [0935] to possess [03423] this land [0776]: but for the wickedness [07564] of these nations [01471] the LORD [03068] doth drive them out [03423] from before [06440] thee.

¹⁹ To cast out [01920] all thine enemies [0341] from before [06440] thee, as the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696].

²³ For mine Angel [04397] shall go [03212] before [06440] thee, and bring [0935] thee in unto the Amorites [0567], and the Hittites [02850], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Canaanites [03669], the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983]: and I will cut them off [03582].

⁵ And the LORD [03068] your God [0430], he shall expel [01920] them from before [06440] you, and drive [03423] them from out of your sight [06440]; and ye shall possess [03423] their land [0776], as the LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath promised [01696] unto you.

⁶ All the inhabitants [03427] of the hill country [02022] from Lebanon [03844] unto Misrephothmaim [04956], and all the Sidonians [06722], them will I drive out [03423] from before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: only divide thou it by lot [05307] unto the Israelites [03478] for an inheritance [05159], as I have commanded [06680] thee.
⁷ Now therefore divide [02505] this land [0776] for an inheritance [05159] unto the nine [08672] tribes [07626], and the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519],

⁴ Behold [07200], I have divided [05307] unto you by lot these nations [01471] that remain [07604], to be an inheritance [05159] for your tribes [07626], from Jordan [03383], with all the nations [01471] that I have cut off [03772], even unto the great [01419] sea [03220] westward [03996] [08121].

²² Ye shall not fear [03372] them: for the LORD [03068] your God [0430] he shall fight [03898] for you.

³⁰ The LORD [03068] your God [0430] which goeth [01980] before [06440] you, he shall fight [03898] for you, according to all that he did [06213] for you in Egypt [04714] before your eyes [05869];

¹ And Joshua [03091] gathered [0622] all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to Shechem [07927], and called [07121] for the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860]; and they presented [03320] themselves before [06440] God [0430].