1 And an angel{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} came up{H5927}{(H8799)} from Gilgal{H1537} to Bochim{H1066}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, I made you to go up{H5927}{(H8686)} out of Egypt{H4714}, and have brought{H935}{(H8686)} you unto the land{H776} which I sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto your fathers{H1}; and I said{H559}{(H8799)}, I will never{H5769} break{H6565}{(H8686)} my covenant{H1285} with you.

2 And ye shall make{H3772}{(H8799)} no league{H1285} with the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of this land{H776}; ye shall throw down{H5422}{(H8799)} their altars{H4196}: but ye have not obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} my voice{H6963}: why have ye done{H6213}{(H8804)} this?

3 Wherefore I also said{H559}{(H8804)}, I will not drive them out{H1644}{(H8762)} from before{H6440} you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides{H6654}, and their gods{H430} shall be a snare{H4170} unto you.

4 And it came to pass, when the angel{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8763)} these words{H1697} unto all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, that the people{H5971} lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} their voice{H6963}, and wept{H1058}{(H8799)}.

5 And they called{H7121}{(H8799)} the name{H8034} of that place{H4725} Bochim{H1066}: and they sacrificed{H2076}{(H8799)} there unto the LORD{H3068}.

6 And when Joshua{H3091} had let the people{H5971} go{H7971}{(H8762)}, the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} went{H3212}{(H8799)} every man{H376} unto his inheritance{H5159} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} the land{H776}.

7 And the people{H5971} served{H5647}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068} all the days{H3117} of Joshua{H3091}, and all the days{H3117} of the elders{H2205} that outlived{H748}{(H8689)}{H3117}{H310} Joshua{H3091}, who had seen{H7200}{(H8804)} all the great{H1419} works{H4639} of the LORD{H3068}, that he did{H6213}{(H8804)} for Israel{H3478}.

8 And Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun{H5126}, the servant{H5650} of the LORD{H3068}, died{H4191}{(H8799)}, being an hundred{H3967} and ten{H6235} years{H8141} old{H1121}.

9 And they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in the border{H1366} of his inheritance{H5159} in Timnathheres{H8556}, in the mount{H2022} of Ephraim{H669}, on the north side{H6828} of the hill{H2022} Gaash{H1608}.

10 And also all that generation{H1755} were gathered{H622}{(H8738)} unto their fathers{H1}: and there arose{H6965}{(H8799)} another{H312} generation{H1755} after{H310} them, which knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not the LORD{H3068}, nor yet the works{H4639} which he had done{H6213}{(H8804)} for Israel{H3478}.

11 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did{H6213}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} Baalim{H1168}:

12 And they forsook{H5800}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}, which brought them out{H3318}{(H8688)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, and followed{H3212}{(H8799)}{H310} other{H312} gods{H430}, of the gods{H430} of the people{H5971} that were round about{H5439} them, and bowed{H7812}{(H8691)} themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD{H3068} to anger{H3707}{(H8686)}.

13 And they forsook{H5800}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} Baal{H1168} and Ashtaroth{H6252}.

14 And the anger{H639} of the LORD{H3068} was hot{H2734}{(H8799)} against Israel{H3478}, and he delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} them into the hands{H3027} of spoilers{H8154}{(H8802)} that spoiled{H8155}{(H8799)} them, and he sold{H4376}{(H8799)} them into the hands{H3027} of their enemies{H341}{(H8802)} round about{H5439}, so that they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not any longer{H5750} stand{H5975}{(H8800)} before{H6440} their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}.

15 Whithersoever they went out{H3318}{(H8804)}, the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068} was against them for evil{H7451}, as the LORD{H3068} had said{H1696}{(H8765)}, and as the LORD{H3068} had sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto them: and they were greatly{H3966} distressed{H3334}{(H8799)}.

16 Nevertheless the LORD{H3068} raised up{H6965}{(H8686)} judges{H8199}{(H8802)}, which delivered{H3467}{(H8686)} them out of the hand{H3027} of those that spoiled{H8154}{(H8802)} them.

17 And yet they would not hearken{H8085}{(H8804)} unto their judges{H8199}{(H8802)}, but they went a whoring{H2181}{(H8804)} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430}, and bowed{H7812}{(H8691)} themselves unto them: they turned{H5493}{(H8804)} quickly{H4118} out of the way{H1870} which their fathers{H1} walked in{H1980}{(H8804)}, obeying{H8085}{(H8800)} the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068}; but they did{H6213}{(H8804)} not so.

18 And when the LORD{H3068} raised{H6965}{(H8689)} them up judges{H8199}{(H8802)}, then the LORD{H3068} was with the judge{H8199}{(H8802)}, and delivered{H3467}{(H8689)} them out of the hand{H3027} of their enemies{H341}{(H8802)} all the days{H3117} of the judge{H8199}{(H8802)}: for it repented{H5162}{(H8735)} the LORD{H3068} because{H6440} of their groanings{H5009} by reason of them that oppressed{H3905}{(H8801)} them and vexed{H1766}{(H8802)} them.

19 And it came to pass, when the judge{H8199}{(H8802)} was dead{H4194}, that they returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, and corrupted{H7843}{(H8689)} themselves more than their fathers{H1}, in following{H3212}{(H8800)}{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} them, and to bow down{H7812}{(H8692)} unto them; they ceased{H5307}{(H8689)} not from their own doings{H4611}, nor from their stubborn{H7186} way{H1870}.

20 And the anger{H639} of the LORD{H3068} was hot{H2734}{(H8799)} against Israel{H3478}; and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Because that this people{H1471} hath transgressed{H5674}{(H8804)} my covenant{H1285} which I commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} their fathers{H1}, and have not hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} unto my voice{H6963};

21 I also will not henceforth{H3254}{(H8686)} drive out{H3423}{(H8687)} any{H376} from before{H6440} them of the nations{H1471} which Joshua{H3091} left{H5800}{(H8804)} when he died{H4191}{(H8799)}:

22 That through them I may prove{H5254}{(H8763)} Israel{H3478}, whether they will keep{H8104}{(H8802)} the way{H1870} of the LORD{H3068} to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} therein, as their fathers{H1} did keep{H8104}{(H8804)} it, or not.

23 Therefore the LORD{H3068} left{H3240}{(H8686)} those nations{H1471}, without{H1115} driving them out{H3423}{(H8687)} hastily{H4118}; neither delivered{H5414}{(H8804)} he them into the hand{H3027} of Joshua{H3091}.