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.
			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.
			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.
			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.
			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# .
			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.
			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.
			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.
			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:
			10	But I would# not hearken# unto Balaam; therefore he blessed# you still# : so I delivered# you out of his hand.
			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.
			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.
			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# .
			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.
			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.
			16	And the people answered# and said# , God forbid that we should forsake# the LORD, to serve# other gods;
			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# :
			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.
			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. [holy God: Heb. holy Gods]
			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# .
			21	And the people said# unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve# the LORD.
			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.
			23	Now therefore put away# , said he , the strange gods which are among you, and incline# your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
			24	And the people said# unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve# , and his voice will we obey# .
			25	So Joshua made# a covenant with the people that day, and set# them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
			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.
			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.
			28	So Joshua let the people depart# , every man unto his inheritance.
			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.
			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.
			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. [overlived...: Heb. prolonged their days after Joshua]
			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. [pieces...: or, lambs]
			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.