34AND THEY CALLED [THE] DESCENDANTS OF REUBEN AND [THE] DESCENDANTS OF GAD <TO> THE ALTAR FOR [IS] A WITNESS IT BETWEEN US THAT YAHWEH [IS] <THE> GOD 34So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said,*NoteCloseLiterally named the altar, for “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
1AND IT WAS FROM DAYS MANY AFTER THAT HE HAD GIVEN REST YAHWEH TO ISRAEL FROM ALL ENEMIES THEIR FROM ROUND ABOUT AND JOSHUA HE WAS OLD HE HAD COME IN <THE> DAYS Joshua’s Charge to Leaders 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,
2AND HE SUMMONED JOSHUA <TO> ALL ISRAEL <TO> ELDERS ITS AND <TO> LEADERS ITS AND <TO> JUDGES ITS AND <TO> OFFICIALS ITS AND HE SAID TO THEM I I AM OLD I HAVE COME IN <THE> DAYS 2he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said
3AND YOU YOU HAVE SEEN <OBJ.> ALL THAT HE HAS DONE YAHWEH GOD YOUR TO ALL THE NATIONS <THE> THESE FROM BEFORE YOU FOR YAHWEH GOD YOUR HE [IS] THE [ONE WHO] HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR <THE> YOU 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.
4SEE I HAVE MADE FALL TO <THE> YOU <OBJ.> THE NATIONS WHICH REMAIN <THE> THESE <IN> AN INHERITANCE FOR TRIBES YOUR FROM THE JORDAN AND ALL THE NATIONS WHICH I HAVE CUT OFF AND THE SEA <THE> GREAT [THE] SETTING OF THE SUN 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.*NoteCloseThat is, the Mediterranean Sea
5AND YAHWEH GOD YOUR HE HE WILL DRIVE OUT THEM FROM BEFORE YOU AND HE WILL DISPOSSESS <OBJ.> THEM FROM TO BEFORE YOU AND YOU WILL TAKE POSSESSION OF <OBJ.> LAND THEIR JUST AS HE SPOKE YAHWEH GOD YOUR TO <THE> YOU 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.
6AND YOU WILL BE STRONG VERY TO TAKE CARE AND TO DO <OBJ.> EVERY <THE> [THING] WRITTEN IN [THE] BOOK OF [THE] LAW OF MOSES TO NOT TO TURN ASIDE FROM IT RIGHT [HAND] AND LEFT [HAND] 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.
7TO NOT TO GO AMONG THE NATIONS <THE> THESE WHICH REMAIN <THE> THESE WITH YOU AND <IN> [THE] NAME OF GODS THEIR NOT YOU MUST BRING TO REMEMBRANCE AND NOT YOU MUST CAUSE TO SWEAR AND NOT YOU MUST SERVE THEM AND NOT YOU MUST BOW DOWN TO <THE> THEM 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.
8THAT EXCEPT TO YAHWEH GOD YOUR YOU WILL CLING JUST AS YOU HAVE DONE UNTIL THE DAY <THE> THIS 8Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
9AND HE HAS DISPOSSESSED YAHWEH FROM BEFORE YOU NATIONS GREAT AND MIGHTY AND YOU NOT HE HAS STOOD ANYONE IN FACES YOUR UNTIL THE DAY <THE> THIS 9The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
10A MAN ONE OF <THE> YOU HE PUTS TO FLIGHT A THOUSAND FOR YAHWEH GOD YOUR HE [IS] THE [ONE WHO] FIGHTS FOR <THE> YOU JUST AS HE SPOKE TO <THE> YOU 10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised
11AND YOU WILL TAKE HEED EXCEEDINGLY TO SELVES YOUR TO LOVE <OBJ.> YAHWEH GOD YOUR 11Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
12THAT EXCEPT EVER <TO TURN BACK> YOU WILL TURN BACK AND YOU WILL CLING TO [THE] REMAINDER OF THE NATIONS <THE> THESE WHICH REMAIN <THE> THESE WITH YOU AND YOU WILL INTERMARRY WITH <THE> THEM AND YOU WILL GO AMONG <THE> THEM AND THEY AMONG <THE> YOU 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
13CERTAINLY <TO KNOW> YOU WILL KNOW THAT NOT HE WILL INCREASE YAHWEH GOD YOUR TO DISPOSSESS <OBJ.> THE NATIONS <THE> THESE FROM TO BEFORE YOU AND THEY WILL BECOME FOR <THE> YOU <INTO> A TRAP AND <INTO> A SNARE AND <INTO> A SCOURGE IN SIDES YOUR AND <INTO> THORNS IN VIEW YOUR UNTIL PERISH YOU FROM ON THE LAND <THE> GOOD <THE> THIS WHICH HE HAS GIVEN TO <THE> YOU YAHWEH GOD YOUR 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.
14AND HERE! I [AM] ABOUT TO GO THIS DAY IN [THE] WAY OF ALL THE EARTH AND YOU KNOW WITH ALL HEART YOUR AND WITH ALL BEING YOUR THAT NOT IT HAS FALLEN A WORD ONE OF ALL THE WORDS <THE> GOOD WHICH HE SPOKE YAHWEH GOD YOUR ON YOU <THE> EVERYTHING THEY HAVE COME TO <THE> YOU NOT IT HAS FALLEN OF IT A WORD ONE 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.
15AND IT WILL BE JUST AS IT HAS COME ON YOU EVERY <THE> WORD <THE> GOOD WHICH HE SPOKE YAHWEH GOD YOUR TO YOU SO HE WILL BRING YAHWEH ON YOU <OBJ.> EVERY <THE> WORD <THE> BAD UNTIL HAS DESTROYED HE <OBJ.> YOU FROM ON THE LAND <THE> GOOD <THE> THIS WHICH HE HAS GIVEN TO <THE> YOU YAHWEH GOD YOUR 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.
16WHEN TRANSGRESS YOU <OBJ.> [THE] COVENANT OF YAHWEH GOD YOUR WHICH HE COMMANDED <OBJ.> YOU AND YOU WILL GO AND YOU WILL SERVE GODS OTHER AND YOU WILL BOW DOWN TO <THE> THEM AND IT WILL BURN [THE] ANGER OF YAHWEH ON <THE> YOU AND YOU WILL PERISH QUICKLY FROM ON THE LAND <THE> GOOD WHICH HE HAS GIVEN TO <THE> YOU 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.”