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And it came to pass that Joshua spoke again, saying: And behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth;
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And ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, did speak concerning you;
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For all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof;
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Therefore, it shall come to pass that as all good things are come upon you which יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, hath promised you,
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So too shall יהוה (YHVH) bring upon you all evil things until he hath destroyed you from off this good land which יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, hath given you.
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When ye have transgressed the covenant of יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, which יהוה (YHVH) did instruct you, and have gone and served other elohim, and bowed yourselves to them, then shall the anger of יהוה (YHVH) be kindled against you;
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And should thou doest this, it shall come to pass that ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which יהוה (YHVH) hath given unto you.
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¶ And it came to pass that Joshua did gather up all the tribes of Israel before him, and he did call for the Elders of Israel, and for their heads,
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And for their judges, and for their officers; and they did come forth and present themselves before Ha’Elohim.
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¶ And it came to pass that Joshua did speak unto all the people, saying: Thus saith יהוה (YHVH), Elohim of Israel:
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Your fathers did dwell on the other side of the waters in old times, even Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor; and they served other elohim.
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And I did take your father, Abraham, and your mother, Sarah, from the other side of those waters, and led them throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied their seed, and I did give them Isaac.
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And I gave unto Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau Mount Seir, to possess it;
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But in the famine, I did send Joseph to make a way for Jacob and his wives and their children and all the house of Israel to go down into Egypt.
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And it was I, יהוה (YHVH), your Elohim, who did send Moses and Zipporah, and also Aaron and Miriam, and I did plague that Egypt, according to that which I did among them; and afterward I did bring you out.
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¶ And so it was that I did bring your fathers out of Egypt; and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the rushes of the sea.
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And when they cried unto me, I did put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them;
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And the eyes of thy fathers and thy mothers have seen what I have done in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
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¶ And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side of the waters;
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And so it was that they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed their elohim from before you.
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Then Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose, and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam, the son of Beor, to curse you;
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But Balaam, my servant, he did blessed you still; so I delivered you out of the hand of Balak.
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¶ And ye went over Jordan and came unto Jericho; and the men of Jericho did fight against you,
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Even the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
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And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword nor with thy bow.
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¶ And behold I have given you a land for which ye did not labor and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them;
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And I have given unto you of the vineyards and olive yards which ye planted not, yet do ye eat;
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Therefore, remember me throughout all your and I shall keep you for all your generations and you shall not be uprooted from out of this, the land of thy inheritance.
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But if you should forget me, and keep not the covenant and walk after other elohim, and serve them, and worship them, then you shall surely perish: and even as I have spoken, so shall it be.