Joshua 23
Joshua chapter 23 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 lest aftir that ye han entrid to the hethene men, that schulen be among you, ye swere in the name of the goddis of hem, and ye serue tho goddis, and worschipe hem.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="2"><sup>2</sup> But cleue ye to youre Lord God, which thing ye han do til in to this dai;
3 and thanne the Lord God schal do awei in youre siyt grete folkis, and strongeste; and noon schal mow ayenstonde you.
4 Oon of you schal pursue a thousynde men of enemyes, for youre Lord God schal fiyte for you, as he bihiyte.
5 Be ye war bifore moost diligentli of this thing oneli, that ye loue youre Lord God.
6 That if ye wolen cleue to the errouris of these folkis that dwellen among you, and wolen medle mariagis with hem, and couple frenschipis,
7 wite ye riyt now, that youre Lord God schal not do awei hem bifor youre face, but thei schulen be to you in to a dich, and a snare, and in to hirtyng of youre side, and in to stakis in youre iyen, til youre Lord God take awei you, and distrie fro this beste loond, which he yaf to you.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="8"><sup>8</sup> Lo! Y entre to dai in to the weye of al erthe; and ye schulen knowe with al soule, that of al wordis whiche the Lord bihiyte hym silf to yyue to you, not oon passide in veyn.
9 Therfor as he fillide in werk that, that he bihiyte, and alle thingis bifelden bi prosperite, so he schal brynge on you whateuer thing of yuelis he manaasside, til he take awei you, and distrie fro this beste lond, which he yaf to you.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="10"><sup>10</sup> For ye braken the couenaunt of youre Lord God, which he made with you, and serueden alien goddis, and worschipeden hem, sone and swiftli the strong veniaunce of the Lord schal rise on to you; and ye schulen be takun awei fro this beste lond, which he yaf to you.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="12"><sup>12</sup> And Josue gaderide alle the lynagis of Israel in to Sechem; and he clepide the grettere men in birthe, and the princes, and iugis, and maistris; and thei stoden in the siyt of the Lord.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="13"><sup>13</sup> And he spak thus to the puple, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Youre fadris dwelliden at the bigynnyng biyende the flood Eufrates, Thare, the fadir of Abraham, and Nachor, and thei serueden alien goddis.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="14"><sup>14</sup> Therfor Y took youre fadir Abraham fro the coostis of Mesopotanye, and Y brouyte hym in to the lond of Canaan; and Y multipliede the seed of hym,
15 and Y yaf Isaac to hym; and eft Y yaf to Isaac, Jacob, and Esau, of whiche Y yaf to Esau the hil of Seir, to `haue in possessioun; forsothe Jacob and hise sones yeden doun in to Egipt.
16 And Y sente Moises and Aaron, and Y smoot Egipt with many signes and wondris,
