Joshua 23

Joshua, being old, calls for the rulers and different heads of the Israelites, Joshua 23:1 , Joshua 23:2 , to whom he relates how God had put them in possession of the promised land, Joshua 23:3 , Joshua 23:4 ; from which all their remaining enemies should be expelled, Joshua 23:5 . Exhorts them to be faithful to God, and to avoid all connections with the idolatrous nations, Joshua 23:6-8 . Encourages them with the strongest promises, that no enemy should ever be able to prevail against them, if they continued to love the Lord their God, Joshua 23:9-11 . Lays also before them the consequences of disobedience, Joshua 23:12 , Joshua 23:13 . Shows them that as all God's promises had been fulfilled to them while they were obedient, so his threatening should be fulfilled own them if they revolted from his service; and that if they did so, they should be utterly destroyed from off the good land, Joshua 23:14-16 .