1And an angel4397 of the LORD3068 came up5927 from Gilgal1537 to Bochim1066, and said559, I made you to go up5927 out of Egypt4714, and have brought935 you unto the land776 which I sware7650 unto your fathers1; and I said559, I will never5769 break6565 my covenant1285 with you.
2And ye shall make3772 no league1285 with the inhabitants3427 of this land776; ye shall throw down5422 their altars4196: but ye have not obeyed8085 my voice6963: why have ye done6213 this?
3Wherefore I also said559, I will not drive them out1644 from before6440 you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides6654, and their gods430 shall be a snare4170 unto you.
4And it came to pass, when the angel4397 of the LORD3068 spake1696 these words1697 unto all the children1121 of Israel3478, that the people5971 lifted up5375 their voice6963, and wept1058.
5And they called7121 the name8034 of that place4725 Bochim1066: and they sacrificed2076 there unto the LORD3068.
6And when Joshua3091 had let the people5971 go7971, the children1121 of Israel3478 went3212 every man376 unto his inheritance5159 to possess3423 the land776.
7And the people5971 served5647 the LORD3068 all the days3117 of Joshua3091, and all the days3117 of the elders2205 that outlived748 3117 310 Joshua3091, who had seen7200 all the great1419 works4639 of the LORD3068, that he did6213 for Israel3478.
8And Joshua3091 the son1121 of Nun5126, the servant5650 of the LORD3068, died4191, being an hundred3967 and ten6235 years8141 old1121.
9And they buried6912 him in the border1366 of his inheritance5159 in Timnathheres8556, in the mount2022 of Ephraim669, on the north side6828 of the hill2022 Gaash1608.
10And also all that generation1755 were gathered622 unto their fathers1: and there arose6965 another312 generation1755 after310 them, which knew3045 not the LORD3068, nor yet the works4639 which he had done6213 for Israel3478.
11And the children1121 of Israel3478 did6213 evil7451 in the sight5869 of the LORD3068, and served5647 Baalim1168:
12And they forsook5800 the LORD3068 God430 of their fathers1, which brought them out3318 of the land776 of Egypt4714, and followed3212 310 other312 gods430, of the gods430 of the people5971 that were round about5439 them, and bowed7812 themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD3068 to anger3707.
13And they forsook5800 the LORD3068, and served5647 Baal1168 and Ashtaroth6252.
14And the anger639 of the LORD3068 was hot2734 against Israel3478, and he delivered5414 them into the hands3027 of spoilers8154 that spoiled8155 them, and he sold4376 them into the hands3027 of their enemies341 round about5439, so that they could3201 not any longer5750 stand5975 before6440 their enemies341.
15Whithersoever they went out3318, the hand3027 of the LORD3068 was against them for evil7451, as the LORD3068 had said1696, and as the LORD3068 had sworn7650 unto them: and they were greatly3966 distressed3334.
16Nevertheless the LORD3068 raised up6965 judges8199, which delivered3467 them out of the hand3027 of those that spoiled8154 them.
17And yet they would not hearken8085 unto their judges8199, but they went a whoring2181 after310 other312 gods430, and bowed7812 themselves unto them: they turned5493 quickly4118 out of the way1870 which their fathers1 walked in1980, obeying8085 the commandments4687 of the LORD3068; but they did6213 not so.
18And when the LORD3068 raised6965 them up judges8199, then the LORD3068 was with the judge8199, and delivered3467 them out of the hand3027 of their enemies341 all the days3117 of the judge8199: for it repented5162 the LORD3068 because6440 of their groanings5009 by reason of them that oppressed3905 them and vexed1766 them.
19And it came to pass, when the judge8199 was dead4194, that they returned7725, and corrupted7843 themselves more than their fathers1, in following3212 310 other312 gods430 to serve5647 them, and to bow down7812 unto them; they ceased5307 not from their own doings4611, nor from their stubborn7186 way1870.
20And the anger639 of the LORD3068 was hot2734 against Israel3478; and he said559, Because that this people1471 hath transgressed5674 my covenant1285 which I commanded6680 their fathers1, and have not hearkened8085 unto my voice6963;
21I also will not henceforth3254 drive out3423 any376 from before6440 them of the nations1471 which Joshua3091 left5800 when he died4191:
22That through them I may prove5254 Israel3478, whether they will keep8104 the way1870 of the LORD3068 to walk3212 therein, as their fathers1 did keep8104 it, or not.
23Therefore the LORD3068 left3240 those nations1471, without1115 driving them out3423 hastily4118; neither delivered5414 he them into the hand3027 of Joshua3091.