Joshua 23:2-11

2So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.

3You saw everything the Lord your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the Lord your God fights for you.

4See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, including all the nations I defeated.

5The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the Lord your God promised you.

6Be very strong! Carefully obey all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won’t swerve from it to the right or the left,

7or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them!

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

9“The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day.

10One of you makes a thousand run away, for the Lord your God fights for you as he promised you he would.

11Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God!