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10 One of you makes a thousand run away,[a] for the Lord your God fights for you,[b] as he promised you he would.[c] 11 Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God![d] 12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with[e] these nations that remain near you,[f] and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 23:10 tn Or “chases a thousand.”
  2. Joshua 23:10 tn Heb “for the Lord your God, he [is] the one who fights for you.”
  3. Joshua 23:10 tn Heb “as he said to you.”
  4. Joshua 23:11 tn Heb “Watch carefully yourselves so as to love the Lord your God.”
  5. Joshua 23:12 tn Heb “and hug.”
  6. Joshua 23:12 tn Heb “the remnant of the these nations, these nations that are with you.”
  7. Joshua 23:12 tn Heb “and go into them, and they into you.”

10 One of you routs a thousand,(A) because the Lord your God fights for you,(B) just as he promised. 11 So be very careful(C) to love the Lord(D) your God.

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

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