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Joshua 22:18 (NIV)

And are you now turning away from the Lord ? “ ‘If you rebel against the Lord today, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community of Israel.

If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the Lord ’s land, where the Lord ’s tabernacle stands, and share the land with us. But do not rebel against the Lord or against us by building an altar for yourselves, other than the altar of the Lord our God.

Joshua 22:20 (NIV)

When Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful in regard to the devoted things, did not wrath come on the whole community of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.’ ”

Joshua 22:21 (NIV)

Then Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel:

Joshua 22:22 (NIV)

“The Mighty One, God, the Lord ! The Mighty One, God, the Lord ! He knows! And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to the Lord , do not spare us this day.

Joshua 22:23 (NIV)

If we have built our own altar to turn away from the Lord and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the Lord himself call us to account.

Joshua 22:24 (NIV)

“No! We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the Lord , the God of Israel?

Joshua 22:25 (NIV)

The Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the Lord .’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop fearing the Lord .

Joshua 22:31 (NIV)

And Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, said to Reuben, Gad and Manasseh, “Today we know that the Lord is with us, because you have not been unfaithful to the Lord in this matter. Now you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord ’s hand.”

Joshua 23:2 (NIV)

summoned all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old.

Joshua 23:3 (NIV)

You yourselves have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the Lord your God who fought for you.

Joshua 23:4 (NIV)

Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

Joshua 23:6 (NIV)

“Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.

Joshua 23:7 (NIV)

Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them.

Joshua 23:8 (NIV)

But you are to hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have until now.

Joshua 23:9 (NIV)

“The Lord has driven out before you great and powerful nations; to this day no one has been able to withstand you.

Joshua 23:10 (NIV)

One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised.

Joshua 23:11 (NIV)

So be very careful to love the Lord your God.

Joshua 23:12 (NIV)

“But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them and associate with them,

Joshua 23:13 (NIV)

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