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Joshua 23

1And it came to pass alongרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227timeמִיָּמִ֣יםmi.ya.MimH3117afterאַ֠חֲרֵי'A.cha.reiH310that theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068had givenrestהֵנִ֨יחַhe.Ni.achH5117toIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478from all theirenemiesאֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341on allsidesמִסָּבִ֑יבmi.sa.VivH5439, thatJoshuaוִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַvi.ho.Shu.a'H3091becameoldזָקֵ֔ןza.KenH2204andadvancedבָּ֖אba'H935inyearsבַּיָּמִֽים׃bai.ya.MimH3117.

2AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ye.ho.Shu.a'H3091calledוַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'H7121for allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and for theireldersלִזְקֵנָיו֙liz.ke.NavH2205, and for theirheadsוּלְרָאשָׁ֔יוu.le.ra.ShavH7218, and for theirjudgesוּלְשֹׁפְטָ֖יוu.le.sho.fe.TavH8199, and for theirofficersוּלְשֹֽׁטְרָ֑יוu.le.sho.te.RavH7860, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, I amoldזָקַ֔נְתִּיza.Kan.tiH2204andadvancedבָּ֖אתִיBa.tiH935inyearsבַּיָּמִֽים׃bai.ya.MimH3117:

3And ye haveseenרְאִיתֶ֗םre.'i.TemH7200all that theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430hathdoneעָשָׂ֜ה'a.SahH6213to all thesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471becauseמִפְּנֵיכֶ֑םmi.pe.nei.KhemH6440of you; for theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430is he that hathfoughtהַנִּלְחָ֥םha.nil.ChamH3898for you.

4Beholdרְאוּ֩re.'UH7200, I havedividedהִפַּ֨לְתִּיhi.Pal.tiH5307to you by lot thesenationsהַ֠גּוֹיִםHa.go.yimH1471thatremainהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֥יםha.nish.'a.RimH7604, to be aninheritanceבְּנַחֲלָ֖הbe.na.cha.LahH5159for yourtribesלְשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֑םle.shiv.tei.KhemH7626, fromJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֗ןhai.yar.DenH3383, with all thenationsהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471that I have cutoffהִכְרַ֔תִּיhikh.Ra.tiH3772, even to thegreatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419seaוְהַיָּ֥םve.hai.YamH3220westwardמְב֥וֹא הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃me.Vo' ha.Sha.meshH3996 H8121.

5And theLORDוַיהוָ֣הva.Yah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, he shall drive themoutיֶהְדֳּפֵ֣םyeh.do.FemH1920frombeforeמִפְּנֵיכֶ֔םmi.pe.nei.KhemH6440you, anddriveוְהוֹרִ֥ישׁve.ho.RishH3423them from yoursightמִלִּפְנֵיכֶ֑םmi.lif.nei.KhemH6440; and ye shallpossessוִֽירִשְׁתֶּם֙vi.rish.TemH3423theirlandאַרְצָ֔ם'ar.TzamH776, as theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430hathpromisedדִּבֶּ֛רdi.BerH1696to you.

6Be ye thereforeveryמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966courageousוַחֲזַקְתֶּ֣םva.cha.zak.TemH2388tokeepלִשְׁמֹ֣רlish.MorH8104and todoוְלַעֲשׂ֔וֹתve.la.'a.SotH6213all that iswrittenהַכָּת֔וּבha.ka.TuvH3789in thebookבְּסֵ֖פֶרbe.Se.ferH5612of thelawתּוֹרַ֣תto.RatH8451ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872, that yeturnסוּר־sur-H5493not aside from it to the righthandיָמִ֥יןya.MinH3225or to theleftוּשְׂמֹֽאול׃u.se.MolH8040;

7That yecomeבוֹא֙Vo'H935not among thesenationsבַּגּוֹיִ֣םba.go.YimH1471, these thatremainהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֥יםha.nish.'a.RimH7604among you; neither makementionתַזְכִּ֙ירוּ֙taz.Ki.ruH2142of thenameוּבְשֵׁ֨םu.ve.ShemH8034of theirgodsאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֤ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, nor cause toswearתַשְׁבִּ֔יעוּtash.Bi.'uH7650by them, neitherserveתַעַבְד֔וּםta.'av.DumH5647them, norbowתִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtish.ta.cha.VuH7812yourselves to them:

8But holdfastתִּדְבָּ֑קוּtid.Ba.kuH1692to theLORDבַּיהוָ֥הba.Yah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, as ye havedoneעֲשִׂיתֶ֔ם'a.si.TemH6213to thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

9For theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath drivenoutוַיּ֤וֹרֶשׁvai.Yo.reshH3423frombeforeמִפְּנֵיכֶ֔םmi.pe.nei.KhemH6440yougreatגְּדֹלִ֣יםge.do.LimH1419nationsגּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471andstrongוַעֲצוּמִ֑יםva.'a.tzu.MimH6099: but as for you, nomanאִישׁ֙'ishH376hath been able tostandעָ֤מַד'A.madH5975beforeבִּפְנֵיכֶ֔םbif.nei.KhemH6440you to thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

10Oneאֶחָ֥ד'e.ChadH259manאִישׁ־'ish-H376of you shallchaseיִרְדָּף־yir.dof-H7291athousandאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505: for theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, he it is thatfightethהַנִּלְחָ֣םha.nil.ChamH3898for you, as he hathpromisedדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696you.

11Takegoodמְאֹ֖דme.'OdH3966heedוְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥םve.nish.mar.TemH8104therefore toyourselvesלְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֑םle.naf.sho.tei.KhemH5315, that yeloveלְאַהֲבָ֖הle.'a.ha.VahH157theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

12Else if ye do in anywayשׁ֣וֹבShovH7725gobackתָּשׁ֗וּבוּta.Shu.vuH7725, and followafterוּדְבַקְתֶּם֙u.de.vak.TemH1692theremnantבְּיֶ֙תֶר֙be.Ye.terH3499of thesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.YimH1471, even these thatremainהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֥יםha.nish.'a.RimH7604among you, and shall makemarriagesוְהִֽתְחַתַּנְתֶּ֥םve.hit.cha.tan.TemH2859with them, andassociateוּבָאתֶ֥םu.va.TemH935with them, and they with you:

13Knowיָד֙וֹעַ֙ya.Do.a'H3045for acertaintyתֵּֽדְע֔וּte.de.'UH3045that theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430will nomoreיוֹסִ֜יףyo.SifH3254driveoutלְהוֹרִ֛ישׁle.ho.RishH3423any of thesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471frombeforeמִלִּפְנֵיכֶ֑םmi.lif.nei.KhemH6440you; but they shall besnaresלְפַ֣חle.FachH6341andtrapsוּלְמוֹקֵ֗שׁu.le.mo.KeshH4170to you, andscourgesוּלְשֹׁטֵ֤טu.le.sho.TetH7850in yoursidesבְּצִדֵּיכֶם֙be.tzi.dei.KhemH6654, andthornsוְלִצְנִנִ֣יםve.litz.ni.NimH6796in youreyesבְּעֵינֵיכֶ֔םbe.'ei.nei.KhemH5869, until yeperishאֲבָדְכֶ֗ם'a.va.de.KhemH6from off thisgoodהַטּוֹבָה֙ha.to.VahH2896landהָאֲדָמָ֤הha.'a.da.MahH127which theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430hathgivenנָתַ֣ןna.TanH5414you.

14And, behold, thisdayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117I amgoingהוֹלֵךְ֙ho.leKhH1980thewayבְּדֶ֖רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870of all theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and yeknowוִידַעְתֶּ֞םvi.da'.TemH3045in all yourheartsלְבַבְכֶ֣םle.vav.KhemH3824and in all yoursoulsנַפְשְׁכֶ֗םnaf.she.KhemH5315, that notoneאֶחָ֜ד'e.ChadH259thingדָּבָ֨רda.VarH1697hathfailedנָפַל֩na.FalH5307of all thegoodהַטּוֹבִ֗יםha.to.VimH2896thingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697which theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶם֙'e.lo.hei.KhemH430spokeדִּבֶּ֜רdi.BerH1696concerning you; all are come topassבָּ֣אוּBa.'uH935to you, and notoneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259thingדָּבָ֥רda.VarH1697hathfailedנָפַ֥לna.FalH5307of it.

15Therefore it shall come to pass, that as allgoodהַטּ֔וֹבha.TovH2896thingsהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697arecomeבָּ֤אba'H935upon you, which theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430promisedדִּבֶּ֛רdi.BerH1696you; so shall theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068bringיָבִ֨יאya.Vi'H935upon you allevilהָרָ֔עha.Ra'H7451thingsהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697, until he hathdestroyedהַשְׁמִיד֣וֹhash.mi.DoH8045you from off thisgoodהַטּוֹבָה֙ha.to.VahH2896landהָאֲדָמָ֤הha.'a.da.MahH127which theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430hathgivenנָתַ֣ןna.TanH5414you.

16When ye havetransgressedבְּ֠עָבְרְכֶםBe.'a.ve.re.khemH5674thecovenantבְּרִ֨יתbe.RitH1285of theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶם֮'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, which hecommandedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680you, and havegoneוַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗םva.ha.lakh.TemH1980andservedוַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙va.'a.vad.TemH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430, andbowedוְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖םve.hish.ta.cha.vi.TemH7812yourselves to them; then shall theangerאַף־'af-H639of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068bekindledוְחָרָ֤הve.cha.RahH2734against you, and ye shallperishוַאֲבַדְתֶּ֣םva.'a.vad.TemH6quicklyמְהֵרָ֔הme.he.RahH4120from off thegoodהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776which he hathgivenנָתַ֥ןna.TanH5414to you.

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