1Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,
2Joshua sent for all Israel, for their responsible men and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers, and said to them, I am old, and full of years:
3You have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the Lord your God who has been fighting for you.
4Now I have given to you, as the heritage of your tribes, all these nations which are still in the land, together with those cut off by me, from Jordan as far as the Great Sea on the west.
5The Lord your God will send them away by force, driving them out before you; and you are to take their land for your heritage, as the Lord your God said to you.
6So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;
7Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:
