See, (A)I have apportioned to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have eliminated, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea toward the [a]west. And the Lord your God, He will thrust them away from you and [b](B)drive them from you; and (C)you will take possession of their land, just as the Lord your God [c]promised you.

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  1. Joshua 23:4 Lit sunset
  2. Joshua 23:5 Or dispossess
  3. Joshua 23:5 Lit spoke to

Remember how I have allotted(A) as an inheritance(B) for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea(C) in the west. The Lord your God himself will push them out(D) for your sake. He will drive them out(E) before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.(F)

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13 know with certainty that the Lord your God will not continue to [a]drive these nations out from before you; but they will be a (A)snare and a trap to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

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  1. Joshua 23:13 Or dispossess

13 then you may be sure that the Lord your God will no longer drive out(A) these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares(B) and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes,(C) until you perish from this good land,(D) which the Lord your God has given you.

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