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    Joshua 23

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    Joshua turns fulfilled promise into a rather formidable measuring stick: if every good word has come true, then the threatened calamity is not wandering about as a mere possibility either.

    The old commander gathers Israelvv. 1–5

    After a long rest from surrounding enemies, Joshua—old and well along in years—summons all Israel, with its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. He points to what they have seen: the LORD fought for them, allotted the land from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea, and will still drive out the nations remaining in their way.

    Hold fast, and mind the snarevv. 6–13

    Joshua's charge is brisk and exact: keep the Book of the Law, do not turn aside, and do not mingle devotion to the LORD with the names, service, or bowing of other gods. The proportions then become gloriously startling—one Israelite can put a thousand to flight—before the speech narrows to its danger. Turning away, intermarrying, and clinging to the remaining nations will turn those nations into a snare, a trap, a scourge in the sides, and thorns in the eyes.

    The promise cuts both waysvv. 14–16

    Joshua announces that he is going the way of all the earth, then lays the whole argument on the table: not one good promise has failed. Precisely so, the calamity threatened will arrive as surely as the good has arrived. The final scene is covenant transgression, other gods, burning anger, and a swift perishing from the good land.

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    1. Josh 23:1A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,

    2. Josh 23:2he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,

    3. Josh 23:3“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.

    4. Josh 23:4See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.

    5. Josh 23:5The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.

    6. Josh 23:6Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.

    7. Josh 23:7So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

    8. Josh 23:8Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

    9. Josh 23:9The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.

    10. Josh 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.

    11. Josh 23:11Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.

    12. Josh 23:12For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

    13. Josh 23:13know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

    14. Josh 23:14Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

    15. Josh 23:15But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.

    16. Josh 23:16If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”

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    • 10Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
    • 10Leviticus 26:8Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
    • 10Deuteronomy 3:22Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
    • 10Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
    • 10Psalms 35:1Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
    • 10Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    • 10Joshua 23:3“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
    • 10Psalms 44:4–5You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
    • 10Judges 15:15He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
    • 102 Samuel 23:8These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
    • 10Judges 7:19–22Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
    • 101 Samuel 14:12–16So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
    • 14Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
    • 141 Kings 2:2“I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
    • 14Leviticus 26:3–13If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
    • 8Deuteronomy 10:20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

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