1Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, called up the elders, heads, and judges, and they all showed up for God, no cap.

2Joshua said to the people, "Yo, the Lord God of Israel is saying, your ancestors lived across the river back in the day, even Terah, Abraham’s dad, and they were vibin' with other gods."

3"I took your dad Abraham from the other side of the river, led him through Canaan, multiplied his fam, and gave him Isaac, fr."

4"I gave Isaac Jacob and Esau; Esau got mount Seir to chill on, but Jacob and his kids dipped down to Egypt."

5"I sent Moses and Aaron, and I hit Egypt with plagues, and then I brought you out, savage."

6"I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, you came to the sea, and the Egyptians chased you down with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea."

7"When they cried to the Lord, He dropped darkness between you and the Egyptians, then He split the sea on them, and your eyes saw all the epic stuff I did in Egypt; you chilled in the wilderness for a hot minute."

8"I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who were on the other side of Jordan; they fought you, but I handed them over so you could take their land; I wiped them out for you."

9"Then Balak, the king of Moab, got up and started beef with Israel, sending for Balaam to curse you, sus."

10"But I wasn’t having it with Balaam; he ended up blessing you instead, so I saved you from his grip, periodt."

11So y'all crossed the Jordan and pulled up to Jericho, but the homies there were ready to throw down—Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites; I had your back and totally delivered them to you, no cap.

12I sent a hornet ahead of you to scare them off, even the two kings of the Amorites; but you didn't even need to flex your sword or bow for that.

13I hooked you up with a land you didn’t even work for, and cities you didn’t build; now you’re just chillin’ in them, munching on vineyards and oliveyards you didn’t plant.

14So, fam, fear the Lord and serve Him for real, and ditch the gods your fam vibed with back in Egypt; serve the Lord instead.

15And if serving the Lord seems sus to you, pick today who you gonna serve; the gods your fam worshipped or the Amorites’ gods where you live? But as for me and my crew, we’re all in on serving the Lord.

16The squad was like, "Nah, we ain't ditching the Lord to serve other gods; that’s just savage."

17For the Lord our God is the one who brought us and our fam outta Egypt, from that rough spot, and showed us some major signs, keeping us safe on our journey through all the peeps we met.

18The Lord kicked out all the people in front of us, even the Amorites living there; so we’re definitely gonna serve the Lord, ‘cause He’s our God.

19Joshua told the crew, "You can’t just serve the Lord; He’s a holy God, super jealous; He won't forgive your mess-ups or sins."

20If you bail on the Lord and start serving random gods, He’ll flip the script on you and bring some pain after all the good He’s done for you.

21The squad was like, "Nah, we’re sticking with the Lord, no cap."

22Joshua was like, "Y’all are the witnesses here that you chose the Lord to serve. And they were like, “We gotchu, we’re witnesses."

23So he was like, "For real, get rid of those sus gods and focus on the Lord God of Israel."

24The people were like, "We’re serving the Lord our God and vibin’ with His voice."

25Then Joshua made a deal with the crew that day, setting some rules in Shechem.

26Joshua wrote it all down in the law book and grabbed a big stone, setting it up under an oak by the Lord’s sanctuary.

27Joshua told everyone, "Check it, this stone is our witness; it heard all the words from the Lord, so don’t go denying Him."

28Then Joshua let everyone bounce back to their own spots.

29After all that, Joshua, the son of Nun, the Lord’s homie, passed away at a ripe age of 110, fr.

30They laid him to rest in his inheritance at Timnath–serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the Gaash hill.

31Israel was vibing with the Lord the whole time Joshua was around, and even when the OGs who knew all the lit stuff God did for them were still kicking.

32They took Joseph's bones from Egypt and buried them in Shechem, which Jacob copped from Hamor's fam for some silver. That spot became the fam's legacy, no cap.

33Eleazar, Aaron's son, passed away; they laid him to rest on a hill that Phinehas, his son, got in mount Ephraim.

1And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

5I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

6And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

7And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

8And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

10But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

11And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

12And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

13And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

14Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

16And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;

17For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

18And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the Lord; for he is our God.

19And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

20If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

21And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord.

22And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

23Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.

24And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

26And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.

27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

28So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

29And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

30And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

31And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.

32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

33And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.