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evoluto autem multo tempore postquam pacem Dominus dederatIsraheli subiectis in gyro nationibus universis et Iosue iamlongevo et persenilis aetatis

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vocavit Iosue omnem Israhelem maioresque natu et principesac duces et magistros dixitque ad eos ego senui etprogressioris aetatis sum

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vosque cernitis omnia quae fecerit Dominus Deus vestercunctis per circuitum nationibus quomodo pro vobis ipsepugnaverit

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et nunc quia vobis sorte divisit omnem terram ab orientaliparte Iordanis usque ad mare Magnum multaeque adhuc supersuntnationes

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Dominus Deus vester disperdet eas et auferet a facie vestraet possidebitis terram sicut vobis pollicitus est

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tantum confortamini et estote solliciti ut custodiatiscuncta quae scripta sunt in volumine legis Mosi et nondeclinetis ab eis nec ad dextram nec ad sinistram

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ne postquam intraveritis ad gentes quae inter vos futuraesunt iuretis in nomine deorum earum et serviatis eis etadoretis illos

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sed adhereatis Domino Deo vestro quod fecistis usque indiem hanc

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et tunc auferet Dominus in conspectu vestro gentes magnaset robustissimas et nullus vobis resistere poterit

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unus e vobis persequetur hostium mille viros quia DominusDeus vester pro vobis ipse pugnabit sicut pollicitus est

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hoc tantum diligentissime praecavete ut diligatis DominumDeum vestrum

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quod si volueritis gentium harum quae inter vos habitanterroribus adherere et cum eis miscere conubia atque amicitiascopulare

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iam nunc scitote quod Dominus Deus vester non eas deleatante faciem vestram sed sint vobis in foveam ac laqueum etoffendiculum ex latere vestro et sudes in oculis vestris donecvos auferat atque disperdat de terra hac optima quam tradiditvobis

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en ego hodie ingrediar viam universae terrae et toto animocognoscetis quod de omnibus verbis quae se Dominus praestaturumnobis esse pollicitus est unum non praeterierit in cassum

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sicut ergo implevit opere quod promisit et prospera cunctavenerunt sic adducet super vos quicquid malorum comminatus estdonec vos auferat atque disperdat de terra hac optima quamtradidit vobis

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eo quod praeterieritis pactum Domini Dei vestri quodpepigit vobiscum et servieritis diis alienis et adoraveritiseos cito atque velociter consurget in vos furor Domini etauferemini de terra hac optima quam tradidit vobis

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023:001
And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

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And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

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And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.

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Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

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And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

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Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

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That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

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But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.

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For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

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One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

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Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

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Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

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Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

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And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

023:015
Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

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When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

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