Yosua 23:10-13

23:10 One of you makes a thousand run away, ¹  for the Lord your God fights for you ²  as he promised you he would. ³  23:11 Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God! ⁴  23:12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with ⁵  these nations that remain near you, ⁶  and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, ⁷  23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; ⁸  they will be a whip that tears ⁹  your sides and thorns that blind ¹⁰  your eyes until you disappear ¹¹  from this good land the Lord your God gave you.

[23:10]  ¹ tn Or “chases a thousand.”

[23:10]  ² tn Heb “for the Lord your God, he [is] the one who fights for you.”

[23:10]  ³ tn Heb “as he said to you.”

[23:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “Watch carefully yourselves so as to love the Lord your God.”

[23:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and hug.”

[23:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “the remnant of the these nations, these nations that are with you.”

[23:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and go into them, and they into you.”

[23:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”

[23:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “in.”

[23:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”

[23:13]  ¹¹ tn Or “perish.”