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^[1] Yahweh’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to give your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you. ^[2] You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice. Why have you done this? ^[3] Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’ ” ^[4] When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice and wept. ^[5] They called the name of that place Bochim,^ⓘ and they sacrificed there to Yahweh. ^[6] Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel each went to his inheritance to possess the land. ^[7] The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel. ^[8] Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old. ^[9] They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. ^[10] After all that generation were gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who didn’t know Yahweh, nor the work which he had done for Israel. ^[11] The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals. ^[12] They abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; and they provoked Yahweh to anger. ^[13] They abandoned Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth. ^[14] Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies. ^[15] Wherever they went out, Yahweh’s hand was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them; and they were very distressed. ^[16] Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them. ^[17] Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they prostituted themselves to other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They quickly turned away from the way in which their fathers walked, obeying Yahweh’s commandments. They didn’t do so. ^[18] When Yahweh raised up judges for them, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them. ^[19] But when the judge was dead, they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers in following other gods to serve them and to bow down to them. They didn’t cease what they were doing, or give up their stubborn ways. ^[20] Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel; and he said, “Because this nation transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not listened to my voice, ^[21] I also will no longer drive out any of the nations that Joshua left when he died from before them; ^[22] that by them I may test Israel, to see if they will keep Yahweh’s way to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.” ^[23] So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily. He didn’t deliver them into Joshua’s hand.

Footnotes

“Bochim” means “weepers”.

King James Version

^[1] And an angelH4397 of the LordH3068 came upH5927(QalImpf) from GilgalH1537 to Bochim,H1066 and said,H559(QalImpf) I made you to go upH5927(HiphImpf) out of Egypt,H4714 and have broughtH935(HiphImpf) you unto the landH776 which I swareH7650(NiphPerf) unto your fathers;H1 and I said,H559(QalImpf) I will neverH5769 breakH6565(HiphImpf) my covenantH1285 with you. ^[2] And ye shall makeH3772(QalImpf) no leagueH1285 with the inhabitantsH3427(QalActPtc) of this land;H776 ye shall throw downH5422(QalImpf) their altars:H4196 but ye have not obeyedH8085(QalPerf) my voice:H6963 why have ye doneH6213(QalPerf) this? ^[3] Wherefore I also said,H559(QalPerf) I will not drive them outH1644(PielImpf) from beforeH6440 you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides,H6654 and their godsH430 shall be a snareH4170 unto you. ^[4] And it came to pass, when the angelH4397 of the LordH3068 spakeH1696(PielInf) these wordsH1697 unto all the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 that the peopleH5971 lifted upH5375(QalImpf) their voice,H6963 and wept.H1058(QalImpf) ^[5] And they calledH7121(QalImpf) the nameH8034 of that placeH4725 Bochim:H1066 and they sacrificedH2076(QalImpf) there unto the Lord.H3068 ^[6] And when JoshuaH3091 had let the peopleH5971 go,H7971(PielImpf) the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 wentH3212(QalImpf) every manH376 unto his inheritanceH5159 to possessH3423(QalInf) the land.H776 ^[7] And the peopleH5971 servedH5647(QalImpf) the LordH3068 all the daysH3117 of Joshua,H3091 and all the daysH3117 of the eldersH2205 that outlivedH748(HiphPerf) Joshua,H3091 who had seenH7200(QalPerf) all the greatH1419 worksH4639 of the Lord,H3068 that he didH6213(QalPerf) for Israel.H3478 ^[8] And JoshuaH3091 the sonH1121 of Nun,H5126 the servantH5650 of the Lord,H3068 died,H4191(QalImpf) [being] an hundredH3967 and tenH6235 yearsH8141 old.H1121 ^[9] And they buriedH6912(QalImpf) him in the borderH1366 of his inheritanceH5159 in Timnathheres,H8556 in the mountH2022 of Ephraim,H669 on the north sideH6828 of the hillH2022 Gaash.H1608 ^[10] And also all that generationH1755 were gatheredH622(NiphPerf) unto their fathers:H1 and there aroseH6965(QalImpf) anotherH312 generationH1755 afterH310 them, which knewH3045(QalPerf) not the Lord,H3068 nor yet the worksH4639 which he had doneH6213(QalPerf) for Israel.H3478 ^[11] And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 didH6213(QalImpf) evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the Lord,H3068 and servedH5647(QalImpf) Baalim:H1168 ^[12] And they forsookH5800(QalImpf) the LordH3068 GodH430 of their fathers,H1 which brought them outH3318(HiphPtc) of the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 and followedH3212(QalImpf) otherH312 gods,H430 of the godsH430 of the peopleH5971 that [were] round aboutH5439 them, and bowedH7812(HithImpf) themselves unto them, and provoked the LordH3068 to anger.H3707(HiphImpf) ^[13] And they forsookH5800(QalImpf) the Lord,H3068 and servedH5647(QalImpf) BaalH1168 and Ashtaroth.H6252 ^[14] And the angerH639 of the LordH3068 was hotH2734(QalImpf) against Israel,H3478 and he deliveredH5414(QalImpf) them into the handsH3027 of spoilersH8154(QalActPtc) that spoiledH8155(QalImpf) them, and he soldH4376(QalImpf) them into the handsH3027 of their enemiesH341(QalActPtc) round about,H5439 so that they couldH3201(QalPerf) not any longerH5750 standH5975(QalInf) beforeH6440 their enemies.H341(QalActPtc) ^[15] Whithersoever they went out,H3318(QalPerf) the handH3027 of the LordH3068 was against them for evil,H7451 as the LordH3068 had said,H1696(PielPerf) and as the LordH3068 had swornH7650(NiphPerf) unto them: and they were greatlyH3966 distressed.H3334(QalImpf) ^[16] Nevertheless the LordH3068 raised upH6965(HiphImpf) judges,H8199(QalActPtc) which deliveredH3467(HiphImpf) them out of the handH3027 of those that spoiledH8154(QalActPtc) them. ^[17] And yet they would not hearkenH8085(QalPerf) unto their judges,H8199(QalActPtc) but they went a whoringH2181(QalPerf) afterH310 otherH312 gods,H430 and bowedH7812(HithImpf) themselves unto them: they turnedH5493(QalPerf) quicklyH4118 out of the wayH1870 which their fathersH1 walked in,H1980(QalPerf) obeyingH8085(QalInf) the commandmentsH4687 of the Lord;H3068 [but] they didH6213(QalPerf) not so. ^[18] And when the LordH3068 raisedH6965(HiphPerf) them up judges,H8199(QalActPtc) then the LordH3068 was with the judge,H8199(QalActPtc) and deliveredH3467(HiphPerf) them out of the handH3027 of their enemiesH341(QalActPtc) all the daysH3117 of the judge:H8199(QalActPtc) for it repentedH5162(NiphImpf) the LordH3068 becauseH6440 of their groaningsH5009 by reason of them that oppressedH3905(QalPtc) them and vexedH1766(QalActPtc) them. ^[19] And it came to pass, when the judgeH8199(QalActPtc) was dead,H4194 [that] they returned,H7725(QalImpf) and corruptedH7843(HiphPerf) [themselves] more than their fathers,H1 in followingH3212(QalInf) otherH312 godsH430 to serveH5647(QalInf) them, and to bow downH7812(HithInf) unto them; they ceasedH5307(HiphPerf) not from their own doings,H4611 nor from their stubbornH7186 way.H1870 ^[20] And the angerH639 of the LordH3068 was hotH2734(QalImpf) against Israel;H3478 and he said,H559(QalImpf) Because that this peopleH1471 hath transgressedH5674(QalPerf) my covenantH1285 which I commandedH6680(PielPerf) their fathers,H1 and have not hearkenedH8085(QalPerf) unto my voice;H6963 ^[21] I also will not henceforthH3254(HiphImpf) drive outH3423(HiphInf) anyH376 from beforeH6440 them of the nationsH1471 which JoshuaH3091 leftH5800(QalPerf) when he died:H4191(QalImpf) ^[22] That through them I may proveH5254(PielInf) Israel,H3478 whether they will keepH8104(QalActPtc) the wayH1870 of the LordH3068 to walkH3212(QalInf) therein, as their fathersH1 did keepH8104(QalPerf) [it], or not. ^[23] Therefore the LordH3068 leftH3240(HiphImpf) those nations,H1471 withoutH1115 driving them outH3423(HiphInf) hastily;H4118 neither deliveredH5414(QalPerf) he them into the handH3027 of Joshua.H3091

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