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So Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholeheartedly followed the Lord , the God of Israel.

So Joshua said to the Israelites, "How long will you be slack about going in and taking possession of the land that the Lord , the God of your ancestors, has given you?

You shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

you have not forsaken your kindred these many days, down to this day, but have been careful to keep the charge of the Lord your God.

And now the Lord your God has given rest to your kindred, as he promised them; therefore turn and go to your tents in the land where your possession lies, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

Take good care to observe the commandment and instruction that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, and to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

"Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord , ‘What is this treachery that you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away today from following the Lord , by building yourselves an altar today in rebellion against the Lord ?

But now, if your land is unclean, cross over into the Lord 's land where the Lord 's tabernacle now stands, and take for yourselves a possession among us; only do not rebel against the Lord , or rebel against us by building yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.

"The Lord , God of gods! The Lord , God of gods! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith toward the Lord , do not spare us today

No! We did it from fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, ‘What have you to do with the Lord , the God of Israel?

Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord , and turn away this day from following the Lord by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle!"

The report pleased the Israelites; and the Israelites blessed God and spoke no more of making war against them, to destroy the land where the Reubenites and the Gadites were settled.

The Reubenites and the Gadites called the altar Witness; "For," said they, "it is a witness between us that the Lord is God."

and you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is the Lord your God who has fought for you.

The Lord your God will push them back before you, and drive them out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the Lord your God promised you.

but hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.

One of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the Lord your God who fights for you, as he promised you.

Be very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God.

know assuredly that the Lord your God will not continue to drive out these nations before you; but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a scourge on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the Lord your God has given you.

"And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one thing has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you; all have come to pass for you, not one of them has failed.