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## Joshua 23:8-9 in Context (Verses 5–12 KJV)
 
 [5 ](/kjv/joshua/23/5) And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/joshua/23/6) Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom *to* the right hand or *to* the left;
 
 [7 ](/kjv/joshua/23/7) That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear *by them*, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
 
 [8 ](/kjv/joshua/23/8) But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.*
 
 [9 ](/kjv/joshua/23/9) For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but *as for* you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.*
 
 [10 ](/kjv/joshua/23/10) One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he *it is* that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/joshua/23/11) Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.*
 
 [12 ](/kjv/joshua/23/12) Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, *even* these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
 
[Joshua 22](/kjv/joshua/22) [Joshua 24](/kjv/joshua/24)

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