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related to them that the king of Moab warred against them, and called
Balaam to curse them; but God “would not hearken unto Balaam,
therefore he blessed you still”. He then said to them, “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
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dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. And the
people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord,
to serve other gods; 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.”
The people renewed their covenant with Joshua. They said unto
him, “The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.”
Joshua wrote the words of their covenant in the book containing the
laws and statutes given to Moses. Joshua was loved and respected by
all Israel, and his death was much lamented by them.
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