Joshua 23:2-11

2that Joshua called all Israel, their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, “I am old and advanced in years.

3And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; for the Lord your God is He who has been fighting for you.

4See, I have allotted to you these nations that remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have cut off, from the Jordan [on the east] to the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward the setting sun.

5The Lord your God will push them away from before you and drive them out of your sight and you will take possession of their land, just as the Lord your God promised you.

6Be steadfast and very determined to keep and to do everything that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so that you do not turn aside from it to the right or the left,

7so that you do not associate with these nations which remain among you, or mention the name of their gods, or make anyone swear [an oath by them], or serve them, or bow down to them.

8But you are to cling to the Lord your God, just as you have done to this day.

9For the Lord has driven out great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, no man has been able to stand [in opposition] before you to this day.

10One of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who is fighting for you, just as He promised you.

11So be very careful and watchful of yourselves to love the Lord your God.