And Joshua{H3091} gathered{H622}{(H8799)} all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to Shechem{H7927}, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} for the elders{H2205} of Israel{H3478}, and for their heads{H7218}, and for their judges{H8199}{(H8802)}, and for their officers{H7860}{(H8802)}; and they presented{H3320}{(H8691)} themselves before{H6440} God{H430}.

And Joshua{H3091} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto all the people{H5971}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, Your fathers{H1} dwelt{H3427}{(H8804)} on the other side{H5676} of the flood{H5104} in old time{H5769}, even Terah{H8646}, the father{H1} of Abraham{H85}, and the father{H1} of Nachor{H5152}: and they served{H5647}{(H8799)} other{H312} gods{H430}.

And I took{H3947}{(H8799)} your father{H1} Abraham{H85} from the other side{H5676} of the flood{H5104}, and led{H3212}{(H8686)} him throughout all the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, and multiplied{H7235}{(H8686)} his seed{H2233}, and gave{H5414}{(H8799)} him Isaac{H3327}.

And I gave{H5414}{(H8799)} unto Isaac{H3327} Jacob{H3290} and Esau{H6215}: and I gave{H5414}{(H8799)} unto Esau{H6215} mount{H2022} Seir{H8165}, to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it; but Jacob{H3290} and his children{H1121} went down{H3381}{(H8804)} into Egypt{H4714}.

I sent{H7971}{(H8799)} Moses{H4872} also and Aaron{H175}, and I plagued{H5062}{(H8799)} Egypt{H4714}, according to that which{H834} I did{H6213}{(H8804)} among{H7130} them: and afterward{H310} I brought you out{H3318}{(H8689)}.

And I brought{H3318}{(H8686)} your fathers{H1} out of Egypt{H4714}: and ye came{H935}{(H8799)} unto the sea{H3220}; and the Egyptians{H4714} pursued{H7291}{(H8799)} after{H310} your fathers{H1} with chariots{H7393} and horsemen{H6571} unto the Red{H5488} sea{H3220}.

And when they cried{H6817}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, he put{H7760}{(H8799)} darkness{H3990} between you and the Egyptians{H4713}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} the sea{H3220} upon them, and covered{H3680}{(H8762)} them; and your eyes{H5869} have seen{H7200}{(H8799)} what I have done{H6213}{(H8804)} in Egypt{H4714}: and ye dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} in the wilderness{H4057} a long{H7227} season{H3117}.

And I brought{H935}{(H8686)} you into the land{H776} of the Amorites{H567}, which dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} on the other side{H5676} Jordan{H3383}; and they fought{H3898}{(H8735)} with you: and I gave{H5414}{(H8799)} them into your hand{H3027}, that ye might possess{H3423}{(H8799)} their land{H776}; and I destroyed{H8045}{(H8686)} them from before{H6440} you.

Then Balak{H1111} the son{H1121} of Zippor{H6834}, king{H4428} of Moab{H4124}, arose{H6965}{(H8799)} and warred{H3898}{(H8735)} against Israel{H3478}, and sent{H7971}{(H8799)} and called{H7121}{(H8799)} Balaam{H1109} the son{H1121} of Beor{H1160} to curse{H7043}{(H8763)} you:

But I would{H14}{(H8804)} not hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto Balaam{H1109}; therefore he blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} you still{H1288}{(H8800)}: so I delivered{H5337}{(H8686)} you out of his hand{H3027}.

And ye went over{H5674}{(H8799)} Jordan{H3383}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} unto Jericho{H3405}: and the men{H1167} of Jericho{H3405} fought{H3898}{(H8735)} against you, the Amorites{H567}, and the Perizzites{H6522}, and the Canaanites{H3669}, and the Hittites{H2850}, and the Girgashites{H1622}, the Hivites{H2340}, and the Jebusites{H2983}; and I delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} them into your hand{H3027}.

And I sent{H7971}{(H8799)} the hornet{H6880} before{H6440} you, which drave them out{H1644}{(H8762)} from before{H6440} you, even the two{H8147} kings{H4428} of the Amorites{H567}; but not with thy sword{H2719}, nor with thy bow{H7198}.

And I have given{H5414}{(H8799)} you a land{H776} for which ye did not labour{H3021}{(H8804)}, and cities{H5892} which ye built{H1129}{(H8804)} not, and ye dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} in them; of the vineyards{H3754} and oliveyards{H2132} which ye planted{H5193}{(H8804)} not do ye eat{H398}{(H8802)}.

Now therefore fear{H3372}{(H8798)} the LORD{H3068}, and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} him in sincerity{H8549} and in truth{H571}: and put away{H5493}{(H8685)} the gods{H430} which your fathers{H1} served{H5647}{(H8804)} on the other side{H5676} of the flood{H5104}, and in Egypt{H4714}; and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} ye the LORD{H3068}.

And if it seem evil{H7489}{(H8804)} unto you{H4310} to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}, choose{H977}{(H8798)} you this day{H3117} whom{H5869} ye will serve{H5647}{(H8799)}; whether the gods{H430} which your fathers{H1} served{H5647}{(H8804)} that were on the other side{H5676} of the flood{H5104}, or the gods{H430} of the Amorites{H567}, in whose land{H776} ye dwell{H3427}{(H8802)}: but as for me and my house{H1004}, we will serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}.

And the people{H5971} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, God forbid{H2486} that we should forsake{H5800}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}, to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} other{H312} gods{H430};

For the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}, he it is that brought us up{H5927}{(H8688)} and our fathers{H1} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, from the house{H1004} of bondage{H5650}, and which did{H6213}{(H8804)} those great{H1419} signs{H226} in our sight{H5869}, and preserved{H8104}{(H8799)} us in all the way{H1870} wherein we went{H1980}{(H8804)}, and among all the people{H5971} through{H7130} whom we passed{H5674}{(H8804)}:

And the LORD{H3068} drave out{H1644}{(H8762)} from before{H6440} us all the people{H5971}, even the Amorites{H567} which dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in the land{H776}: therefore will we also serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}; for he is our God{H430}.

And Joshua{H3091} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the people{H5971}, Ye cannot{H3201}{(H8799)} serve{H5647}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}: for he is an holy{H6918} God{H430}; he is a jealous{H7072} God{H410}; he will not forgive{H5375}{(H8799)} your transgressions{H6588} nor your sins{H2403}.

If ye forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}, and serve{H5647}{(H8804)} strange{H5236} gods{H430}, then he will turn{H7725}{(H8804)} and do you hurt{H7489}{(H8689)}, and consume{H3615}{(H8765)} you, after{H310} that he hath done you good{H3190}{(H8689)}.

And the people{H5971} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Joshua{H3091}, Nay; but we will serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}.

And Joshua{H3091} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the people{H5971}, Ye are witnesses{H5707} against yourselves that ye have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} you the LORD{H3068}, to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} him. And they said{H559}{(H8799)}, We are witnesses{H5707}.

Now therefore put away{H5493}{(H8685)}, said he, the strange{H5236} gods{H430} which are among{H7130} you, and incline{H5186}{(H8685)} your heart{H3824} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}.

And the people{H5971} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Joshua{H3091}, The LORD{H3068} our God{H430} will we serve{H5647}{(H8799)}, and his voice{H6963} will we obey{H8085}{(H8799)}.

So Joshua{H3091} made{H3772}{(H8799)} a covenant{H1285} with the people{H5971} that day{H3117}, and set{H7760}{(H8799)} them a statute{H2706} and an ordinance{H4941} in Shechem{H7927}.

And Joshua{H3091} wrote{H3789}{(H8799)} these words{H1697} in the book{H5612} of the law{H8451} of God{H430}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} a great{H1419} stone{H68}, and set it up{H6965}{(H8686)} there under an oak{H427}, that was by the sanctuary{H4720} of the LORD{H3068}.

And Joshua{H3091} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto all the people{H5971}, Behold, this stone{H68} shall be a witness{H5713} unto us; for it hath heard{H8085}{(H8804)} all the words{H561} of the LORD{H3068} which he spake{H1696}{(H8765)} unto us: it shall be therefore a witness{H5713} unto you, lest ye deny{H3584}{(H8762)} your God{H430}.

So Joshua{H3091} let the people{H5971} depart{H7971}{(H8762)}, 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 the LORD{H3068}, died{H4191}{(H8799)}, being an hundred{H3967} and ten{H6235} years{H8141} old{H1121}.

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

And Israel{H3478} served{H5647}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068} all the days{H3117} of Joshua{H3091}, and all the days{H3117} of the elders{H2205} that overlived{H748}{(H8689)}{H3117}{H310} Joshua{H3091}, and which had known{H3045}{(H8804)} all the works{H4639} of the LORD{H3068}, that he had done{H6213}{(H8804)} for Israel{H3478}.

And the bones{H6106} of Joseph{H3130}, which the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} brought up{H5927}{(H8689)} out of Egypt{H4714}, buried{H6912}{(H8804)} they in Shechem{H7927}, in a parcel{H2513} of ground{H7704} which Jacob{H3290} bought{H7069}{(H8804)} of the sons{H1121} of Hamor{H2544} the father{H1} of Shechem{H7927} for an hundred{H3967} pieces of silver{H7192}: and it became the inheritance{H5159} of the children{H1121} of Joseph{H3130}.

And Eleazar{H499} the son{H1121} of Aaron{H175} died{H4191}{(H8804)}; and they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in a hill{H1389} that pertained to Phinehas{H6372} his son{H1121}, which was given{H5414}{(H8738)} him in mount{H2022} Ephraim{H669}.