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And
when Joshua had let the people go,
the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess
the
land. And
the people
served
the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that
outlived
Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for
Israel.And
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred
and
ten years old. ....... And also all that generation were
gathered
unto
their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which
knew
not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for
Israel.
And
the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served
Baalim:
And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out
of
the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people
that
were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the
LORD
to anger. And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and
Ashtaroth.
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them
into
the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the
hands
of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand
before
their enemies. Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the
LORD
was
against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn
unto
them: and they were greatly distressed. Nevertheless the LORD
raised
up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled
them.
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a
whoring
after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly
out
of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of
the
LORD; but they did not so. And when the LORD raised
them up
judges,
then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of
their
enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of
their
groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed
them.
And
it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and
corrupted
themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve
them,
and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor
from
their stubborn way. And the anger of
the LORD was
hot
against
Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my
covenant
which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the
nations
which Joshua left when he died: That through them
I may
prove
Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as
their
fathers did keep it, or not. Therefore
the LORD left
those
nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them
into
the hand of Joshua.
Judges
2:6-23
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