And Joshua{H3091} gathered{H622} all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to Shechem,{H7927} and called{H7121} for the elders{H2205} of Israel,{H3478} and for their heads,{H7218} and for their judges,{H8199} and for their officers;{H7860} and they presented{H3320} themselves before{H6440} God.{H430}

And Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto all the people,{H5971} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Your fathers{H1} dwelt{H3427} of old time{H5769} beyond{H5676} the River,{H5104} even Terah,{H8646} the father{H1} of Abraham,{H85} and the father{H1} of Nahor:{H5152} and they served{H5647} other{H312} gods.{H430}

And I took{H3947} your father{H1} Abraham{H85} from beyond{H5676} the River,{H5104} and led{H3212} him throughout all the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} and multiplied{H7235} his seed,{H2233} and gave{H5414} him Isaac.{H3327}

And I gave{H5414} unto Isaac{H3327} Jacob{H3290} and Esau:{H6215} and I gave{H5414} unto Esau{H6215} mount{H2022} Seir,{H8165} to possess{H3423} it: and Jacob{H3290} and his children{H1121} went down{H3381} into Egypt.{H4714}

And I sent{H7971} Moses{H4872} and Aaron,{H175} and I plagued{H5062} Egypt,{H4714} according to that which{H834} I did{H6213} in the midst{H7130} thereof: and afterward{H310} I brought you out.{H3318}

And I brought{H3318} your fathers{H1} out of Egypt:{H4714} and ye came{H935} unto the sea;{H3220} and the Egyptians{H4714} pursued{H7291} after{H310} your fathers{H1} with chariots{H7393} and with horsemen{H6571} unto the Red{H5488} Sea.{H3220}

And when they cried{H6817} out unto Jehovah,{H3068} he put{H7760} darkness{H3990} between you and the Egyptians,{H4713} and brought{H935} the sea{H3220} upon them, and covered{H3680} them; and your eyes{H5869} saw{H7200} what I did{H6213} in Egypt:{H4714} and ye dwelt{H3427} in the wilderness{H4057} many{H7227} days.{H3117}

And I brought{H935} you into the land{H776} of the Amorites,{H567} that dwelt{H3427} beyond{H5676} the Jordan:{H3383} and they fought{H3898} with you; and I gave{H5414} them into your hand,{H3027} and ye possessed{H3423} their land;{H776} and I destroyed{H8045} them from before{H6440} you.

Then Balak{H1111} the son{H1121} of Zippor,{H6834} king{H4428} of Moab,{H4124} arose{H6965} and fought{H3898} against Israel:{H3478} and he sent{H7971} and called{H7121} Balaam{H1109} the son{H1121} of Beor{H1160} to curse{H7043} you;

but I would{H14} not hearken{H8085} unto Balaam;{H1109} therefore he blessed{H1288} you still:{H1288} so I delivered{H5337} you out of his hand.{H3027}

And ye went over{H5674} the Jordan,{H3383} and came{H935} unto Jericho:{H3405} and the men{H1167} of Jericho{H3405} fought{H3898} against you, the Amorite,{H567} and the Perizzite,{H6522} and the Canaanite,{H3669} and the Hittite,{H2850} and the Girgashite,{H1622} the Hivite,{H2340} and the Jebusite;{H2983} and I delivered{H5414} them into your hand.{H3027}

And I sent{H7971} the hornet{H6880} before{H6440} you, which drove them out{H1644} from before{H6440} you, even the two{H8147} kings{H4428} of the Amorites;{H567} not with thy sword,{H2719} nor with thy bow.{H7198}

And I gave{H5414} you a land{H776} whereon thou hadst not labored,{H3021} and cities{H5892} which ye built{H1129} not, and ye dwell{H3427} therein; of vineyards{H3754} and oliveyards{H2132} which ye planted{H5193} not do ye eat.{H398}

Now therefore fear{H3372} Jehovah,{H3068} and serve{H5647} him in sincerity{H8549} and in truth;{H571} and put away{H5493} the gods{H430} which your fathers{H1} served{H5647} beyond{H5676} the River,{H5104} and in Egypt;{H4714} and serve{H5647} ye Jehovah.{H3068}

And if it seem evil{H7489} unto you{H4310} to serve{H5647} Jehovah,{H3068} choose{H977} you this day{H3117} whom{H5869} ye will serve;{H5647} whether the gods{H430} which your fathers{H1} served{H5647} that were beyond{H5676} the River,{H5104} or the gods{H430} of the Amorites,{H567} in whose land{H776} ye dwell:{H3427} but as for me and my house,{H1004} we will serve{H5647} Jehovah.{H3068}

And the people{H5971} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Far{H2486} be it from us that we should forsake{H5800} Jehovah,{H3068} to serve{H5647} other{H312} gods;{H430}

for Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} he it is that brought us and our fathers{H1} up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} from the house{H1004} of bondage,{H5650} and that did{H6213} those great{H1419} signs{H226} in our sight,{H5869} and preserved{H8104} us in all the way{H1870} wherein we went,{H1980} and among all the peoples{H5971} through{H7130} the midst of whom we passed;{H5674}

and Jehovah{H3068} drove out{H1644} from before{H6440} us all the peoples,{H5971} even the Amorites{H567} that dwelt{H3427} in the land:{H776} therefore we also will serve{H5647} Jehovah;{H3068} for he is our God.{H430}

And Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto the people,{H5971} Ye cannot{H3201} serve{H5647} Jehovah;{H3068} for he is a holy{H6918} God;{H430} he is a jealous{H7072} God;{H430} he will not forgive{H5375} your transgression{H6588} nor your sins.{H2403}

If ye forsake{H5800} Jehovah,{H3068} and serve{H5647} foreign{H5236} gods,{H430} then he will turn{H7725} and do you evil,{H7489} and consume{H3615} you, after{H310} that he hath done you good.{H3190}

And the people{H5971} said{H559} unto Joshua,{H3091} Nay; but we will serve{H5647} Jehovah.{H3068}

And Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto the people,{H5971} Ye are witnesses{H5707} against yourselves that ye have chosen{H977} you Jehovah,{H3068} to serve{H5647} him. And they said,{H559} We are witnesses.{H5707}

Now therefore put away,{H5493} [said he], the foreign{H5236} gods{H430} which are among{H7130} you, and incline{H5186} your heart{H3824} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel.{H3478}

And the people{H5971} said{H559} unto Joshua,{H3091} Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} will we serve,{H5647} and unto his voice{H6963} will we hearken.{H8085}

So Joshua{H3091} made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with the people{H5971} that day,{H3117} and set{H7760} them a statute{H2706} and an ordinance{H4941} in Shechem.{H7927}

And Joshua{H3091} wrote{H3789} these words{H1697} in the book{H5612} of the law{H8451} of God;{H430} and he took{H3947} a great{H1419} stone,{H68} and set it up{H6965} there under the oak{H427} that was by the sanctuary{H4720} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto all the people,{H5971} Behold, this stone{H68} shall be a witness{H5713} against us; for it hath heard{H8085} all the words{H561} of Jehovah{H3068} which he spake{H1696} unto us: it shall be therefore a witness{H5713} against you, lest ye deny{H3584} your God.{H430}

So Joshua{H3091} sent the people{H5971} away,{H7971} every man{H376} unto his inheritance.{H5159}

And it came to pass after{H310} these things,{H1697} that Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun,{H5126} the servant{H5650} of Jehovah,{H3068} died,{H4191} being a hundred{H3967} and ten{H6235} years{H8141} old.{H1121}

And they buried{H6912} him in the border{H1366} of his inheritance{H5159} in Timnathserah,{H8556} which is in the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim,{H669} on the north{H6828} of the mountain{H2022} of Gaash.{H1608}

And Israel{H3478} served{H5647} Jehovah{H3068} all the days{H3117} of Joshua,{H3091} and all the days{H3117} of the elders{H2205} that outlived{H3117} Joshua,{H3091} and had known{H3045} all the work{H4639} of Jehovah,{H3068} that he had wrought{H6213} for Israel.{H3478}

And the bones{H6106} of Joseph,{H3130} which the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} brought up{H5927} out of Egypt,{H4714} buried{H6912} they in Shechem,{H7927} in the parcel{H2513} of ground{H7704} which Jacob{H3290} bought{H7069} of the sons{H1121} of Hamor{H2544} the father{H1} of Shechem{H7927} for a hundred{H3967} pieces of money:{H7192} and they became the inheritance{H5159} of the children{H1121} of Joseph.{H3130}

And Eleazar{H499} the son{H1121} of Aaron{H175} died;{H4191} and they buried{H6912} him in the hill{H1389} of Phinehas{H6372} his son,{H1121} which was given{H5414} him in the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim.{H669}