Dual Panel1The Lord’s <03068> angelic messenger <04397> went up <05927> from <04480> Gilgal <01537> to <0413> Bokim <01066>. He said <0559>, “I brought you up <05927> from Egypt <04714> and led <0935> you into <0413> the land <0776> I had solemnly promised <07650> to give to your ancestors <01>. I said <0559>, ‘I will never <05769> <03808> break <06565> my agreement <01285> with <0854> you,
2but you <0859> must not <03808> make <03772> an agreement <01285> with the people who live <03427> in this <02063> land <0776>. You should tear down <05422> the altars <04196> where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed <08085> <03808> me <06963>. Why <04100> would you do <06213> such a thing <02063>?
3At that time I also <01571> warned <0559> you, ‘If you disobey, I will not <03808> drive out <01644> the Canaanites before <06440> you. They will ensnare <01961> you and their gods <0430> will <01961> lure <04170> you away <04170>.’”
4When <01961> the Lord’s <03068> messenger <04397> finished speaking <01696> these <0428> words <01697> to <0413> all <03605> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, the people <05971> wept <01058> loudly <06963> <0853> <05375>.
5They named <08034> that place <04725> Bokim <01066> and offered sacrifices <02076> to the Lord <03068> there <08033>.
6When Joshua <03091> dismissed <07971> the people <05971>, the Israelites <03478> <01121> went <01980> to their <0376> allotted portions of territory <05159>, intending to take possession <03423> of the land <0776>.
7The people <05971> worshiped <05647> the Lord <03068> throughout <03605> Joshua’s <03091> lifetime <03117> and as long as <03117> <03605> the elderly men <02205> who <0834> outlived <0310> <03117> <0748> him <03091> remained alive. These men had <0834> witnessed <07200> all <03605> the great <01419> things <04639> the Lord <03068> had <0834> done <06213> for Israel <03478>.
8Joshua <03091> son <01121> of Nun <05126>, the Lord’s <03068> servant <05650>, died <04191> at the age <08141> of one hundred <03967> ten <06235>.
9The people buried <06912> him in his allotted <05159> land <01366> in Timnath <08556> Heres in the hill country <02022> of Ephraim <0669>, north <06828> of Mount <02022> Gaash <01608>.
10That entire <03605> generation <01755> passed away <01> <0413> <0622>; a new <0312> generation <01755> grew up <06965> that had <0834> not <03808> personally experienced <03045> the Lord’s <03068> presence or seen what <04639> he had <0834> done <06213> for Israel <03478>.
11The Israelites <03478> <01121> did <06213> evil <07451> before <05869> the Lord <03068> by worshiping <05647> the Baals <01168>.
12They abandoned <05800> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of their ancestors <01> who brought <03318> them out <03318> of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>. They followed <0310> <01980> other <0312> gods <0430>– the gods <0430> of the nations <05971> who <0834> lived around <05439> them. They worshiped <07812> them and made <03707> the Lord <03068> angry <03707>.
13They abandoned <05800> the Lord <03068> and worshiped <05647> Baal <01168> and the Ashtars <06252>.
14The Lord <03068> was furious <0639> <02734> with Israel <03478> and handed <03027> <05414> them over <03027> <05414> to robbers <08154> who plundered <08155> them. He turned <04376> them over <04376> to <03027> their enemies <0341> who lived around <05439> them. They could <03201> not <03808> withstand <05975> their enemies <0341>’ attacks.
15Whenever <0834> <03605> they went out <03318> to fight, the Lord <03068> did <01961> them harm <07451>, just as <0834> he had warned <01696> and solemnly vowed <07650> he would do. They suffered <03334> greatly <03966>.
16The Lord <03068> raised up <06965> leaders <08199> who delivered <03467> them from these robbers <08154>.
17But <01571> they did not <03808> obey <08085> their leaders <08199>. Instead <03588> they prostituted <02181> themselves to <0310> other <0312> gods <0430> and worshiped <07812> them. They quickly <04118> turned aside <05493> from <04480> the path <01870> their ancestors had walked <01980>. Their ancestors <01> had obeyed <08085> the Lord’s <03068> commands <04687>, but they did <06213> not <03808>.
18When <03588> the Lord <03068> raised up <06965> leaders <08199> for them, the Lord <03068> was <01961> with <05973> each leader <08199> and delivered <03467> the people from <03027> their enemies <0341> while the leader <08199> remained alive <03117>. The Lord <03068> felt sorry <05162> for <03588> them when they cried out in agony <05009> because of <06440> what their harsh oppressors <03905> did <01766> to them.
19When <01961> a leader <08199> died <04191>, the next generation would again <07725> act more wickedly <07843> than the previous one <01>. They would follow <01980> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>, worshiping <05647> them and bowing down <07812> to them. They did not <03808> give up <05307> their practices <04611> or their stubborn <07186> ways <01870>.
20The Lord <03068> was furious <0639> <02734> with Israel <03478>. He said <0559>, “This <02088> nation <01471> has violated <05674> the terms of the agreement <01285> I made <06680> with their ancestors <01> by disobeying <08085> <03808> me <06963>.
21So <01571> I <0589> will no <03808> longer <03254> remove <03423> before <04480> <06440> them any <0376> of the nations <01471> that <0834> Joshua <03091> left <05800> unconquered when he died <04191>.
22Joshua left those nations to <04616> test <05254> Israel <03478>. I wanted to see <08104> whether <0518> or not <03808> the people <01992> would carefully walk <01980> in the path <01870> marked out by the Lord <03068>, as <0834> their ancestors <01> were careful to do <08104>.”
23This is why the Lord <03068> permitted <03240> these <0428> nations <01471> to remain <03240> and did not <01115> conquer <03423> them immediately <04118>; he did not <03808> hand <03027> <05414> them over <03027> <05414> to Joshua <03091>.