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Joshua 23:6-13

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.

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