Pattern of Sin and Judgment
1 The Angel of theLordwent up from Gilgal to Bochimand said, “I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the landI had promised to your fathers.I also said: I will never break My covenant with you.
2 You are not to make a covenantwith the people who are living in this land, and you are to tear down their altars.But you have not obeyed Me. What is this you have done?
3 Therefore, I now say: I will not drive out these people before you.They will be thornsin your sides,and their gods will be a trap for you.”
4 When the Angel of theLordhad spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.
5 So they named that place Bochimand offered sacrifices there to theLord.
Joshua’s Death
6 Joshua sent the people away, and the Israelites went to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
7 The people worshiped theLordthroughout Joshua’s lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlivedJoshua. They had seen all theLord’s great worksHe had done for Israel.
8 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of theLord, died at the age of 110.
9 They buried him in the territory of his inheritance, in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim,north of Mount Gaash.
10 That whole generation was also gathered to their ancestors. After them another generation rose up who did not know theLordor the works He had done for Israel.
11 The Israelites did what was evil in theLord’s sight.They worshiped the Baals
12 and abandoned theLord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They went after other gods from the surrounding peoplesand bowed down to them. They infuriated theLord,
13 for they abandoned Him and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.
14 TheLord’s anger burned against Israel, and He handed them over to marauders who raided them. He soldthem tothe enemies around them, and they could no longer resist their enemies.
15 Whenever the Israelites went out, theLordwas against themand brought disaster on them, just as He had promised and sworn to them.So they suffered greatly.
16 TheLordraised upjudges, who saved them from the power of their marauders,
17 but they did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostitutedthemselves with other gods, bowing down to them. They quickly turned from the wayof their fathers, who had walked in obedience to theLord’s commands. They did not do as their fathers did.
18 Whenever theLordraised up a judge for the Israelites, theLordwas withhim and saved the people from the power of their enemies while the judge was still alive.TheLordwas moved to pity whenever they groaned because of those who were oppressing and afflicting them.
19 Whenever the judge died, the Israelites would act even more corruptlythan their fathers, going after other gods to worship and bow down to them. They did not turn from their evil practices or their obstinateways.
20 TheLord’s anger burned against Israel, and He declared, “Because this nation has violated My covenantthat I made with their fathersand disobeyed Me,
21 I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua leftwhen he died.
22 I did this to test Israel and to see whether they would keep theLord’s wayby walking in it, as their fathers had.”
23 TheLordleft these nations and did not drive them out immediately. He did not hand them over to Joshua.
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