From: "Friends" 

CHAPTER 22
Joshua 22:1
1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Joshua 22:2
2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: Joshua
22:3
3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have
kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. Joshua 22:4
4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he
promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and
unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD  gave
you on the other side  Jordan.
Joshua 22:5
5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the
servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk  in
all his ways,  and to keep  his commandments,  and to cleave  unto him, and
to serve  him with all your heart  and with all your soul. Joshua 22:6
6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
Joshua 22:7
7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession
in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren
on this side  Jordan  westward.  And when Joshua  sent them away  also unto
their tents,  then he blessed  them, Joshua 22:8
8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents,
and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and
with iron,  and with very  much  raiment:  divide  the spoil  of your
enemies  with your brethren.
Joshua 22:9
9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of
Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh,
which is in the land  of Canaan,  to go  unto the country  of Gilead,  to
the land  of their possession,  whereof they were possessed,  according to
the word  of the LORD  by the hand  of Moses. Joshua 22:10
10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of
Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe
of Manasseh built  there an altar  by Jordan,  a great  altar  to see to.
Joshua 22:11
11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and
the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar 
over against  the land  of Canaan,  in the borders  of Jordan,  at the
passage of the children  of Israel.
Joshua 22:12
12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of
the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to
war against them.
Joshua 22:13
13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the
children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of
Gilead, Phinehas  the son  of Eleazar  the priest, Joshua 22:14
14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all
the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their
fathers among the thousands  of Israel.
Joshua 22:15
15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad,
and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake
with them, saying,
Joshua 22:16
16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this
that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day
from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar,  that ye
might rebel  this day  against the LORD?
Joshua 22:17
17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not
cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of
the LORD, Joshua 22:18
18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will
be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be
wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. Joshua 22:19
19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye
over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S
tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among  us: but rebel  not against
the LORD,  nor  rebel  against us, in building  you an altar  beside  the
altar  of the LORD  our God.
Joshua 22:20
20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing,
and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not
alone  in his iniquity.
Joshua 22:21
21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe
of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
Joshua 22:22
22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he
shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD,
(save  us not this day,)
Joshua 22:23
23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to
offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace
offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require  it; Joshua 22:24
24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In
time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have
ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
Joshua 22:25
25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children
of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your
children make our children  cease  from  fearing  the LORD. Joshua 22:26
26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for
burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
Joshua 22:27
27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations
after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our
burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;
that your children may not say to our children  in time to come,  Ye have
no part  in the LORD.
Joshua 22:28
28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to
our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern
of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings,
nor for sacrifices;  but it is a witness  between us and you. Joshua 22:29
29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from
following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat
offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar  of the LORD  our God  that
is before  his tabernacle.
Joshua 22:30
30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and
heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that
the children of Reuben and the children of Gad  and the children  of
Manasseh  spake,  it pleased  them. Joshua 22:31
31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This
day we perceive  that the LORD  is among  us, because ye have not committed
this trespass  against the LORD:  now  ye have delivered  the children  of
Israel  out of the hand  of the LORD. Joshua 22:32
32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned
from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land
of Gilead, unto the land  of Canaan,  to the children  of Israel,  and
brought  them word  again.
Joshua 22:33
33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel
blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy
the land  wherein the children  of Reuben  and Gad  dwelt. Joshua 22:34
34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed:
for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. CHAPTER 23
Joshua 23:1
1 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.
Joshua 23:2
2 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:
Joshua 23:3
3 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.
Joshua 23:4
4 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. Joshua 23:5
5 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.
Joshua 23:6
6 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;
Joshua 23:7
7 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: Joshua 23:8
8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. Joshua 23:9
9 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.
Joshua 23:10
10 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. Joshua 23:11
11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your
God. Joshua 23:12
12 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: Joshua 23:13
13 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.
Joshua 23:14
14 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.
Joshua 23:15
15 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. Joshua 23:16
16 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. CHAPTER 24
Joshua 24:1
1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for
the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for
their officers; and they presented themselves before  God. Joshua 24:2
2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah,
the father  of Abraham,  and the father  of Nachor:  and they served  other
gods.
Joshua 24:3
3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led
him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave
him Isaac.
Joshua 24:4
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to
possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. Joshua 24:5
5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which
I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. Joshua 24:6
6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and
the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto
the Red sea.
Joshua 24:7
7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the
Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes
have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt  in the wilderness  a
long season.
Joshua 24:8
8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other
side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that
ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before  you. Joshua
24:9
9 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: Joshua
24:10
10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so
I delivered you out of his hand.
Joshua 24:11
11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho
fought against you, 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.
Joshua 24:12
12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you,
even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy
bow.
Joshua 24:13
13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities
which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards
which ye planted not do ye eat.
Joshua 24:14
14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth:
and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the
flood, and in Egypt; and serve  ye the LORD. Joshua 24:15
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom
ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the
other side of the flood,  or the gods  of the Amorites,  in whose land  ye
dwell:  but as for me and my house,  we will serve  the LORD. Joshua 24:16
16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the
LORD, to serve other gods;
Joshua 24:17
17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of
the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great
signs in our sight, and preserved  us in all the way  wherein we went,  and
among all the people  through  whom we passed: Joshua 24:18
18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites
which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is
our God.
Joshua 24:19
19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an
holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor
your sins.
Joshua 24:20
20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do
you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. Joshua 24:21
21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. Joshua 24:22
22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves
that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are
witnesses. Joshua 24:23
23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you,
and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. Joshua 24:24
24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his
voice will we obey.
Joshua 24:25
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a
statute and an ordinance in Shechem. Joshua 24:26
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a
great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of
the LORD.
Joshua 24:27
27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a
witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake
unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
Joshua 24:28
28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. Joshua 24:29
29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the
servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. Joshua 24:30
30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah,
which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. Joshua
24:31
31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of
the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the
LORD, that he had done  for Israel. Joshua 24:32
32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of
Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of
the sons  of Hamor  the father  of Shechem  for an hundred  pieces of
silver:  and it became the inheritance  of the children  of Joseph. Joshua
24:33
33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that
pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

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