Joshua 23:2-11

2So Joshua summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in age,

3and you have seen for yourselves everything the Lord your God did to all these nations on your account, because it was the Lord your God who was fighting for you.

4See, I have allotted these remaining nations to you as an inheritance for your tribes, including all the nations I have destroyed, from the Jordan westward to the Mediterranean Sea.

5The Lord your God will force them back on your account and drive them out before you so that you can take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.

6“Be very strong and continue obeying all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you do not turn from it to the right or left

7and so that you do not associate with these nations remaining among you. Do not call on the names of their gods or make an oath to them; do not serve them or bow in worship to them.

8Instead, be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been to this day.

9“The Lord has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one is able to stand against you to this day.

10One of you routed a thousand because the Lord your God was fighting for you, as he promised.

11So diligently watch yourselves! Love the Lord your God!