Then Joshuasaidto the sonsof Israel,"Comehere,and hearthe wordsof the LORDyour God."
"You shall not doat allwhatwe are doingheretoday,everyman[doing] whateveris rightin his own eyes;
"Now,O Israel,listento the statutesand the judgmentswhichI am teachingyou to perform,sothat you may liveand goin and takepossessionof the landwhichthe LORD,the Godof your fathers,is givingyou.
Joshuasaid,"By thisyou shall knowthat the livingGodis amongyou, and that He will assuredlydispossessfrom beforeyou the Canaanite,the Hittite,the Hivite,the Perizzite,the Girgashite,the Amorite,and the Jebusite.
"You shall, moreover, commandthe priestswho are carryingthe arkof the covenant,saying,'When you cometo the edgeof the watersof the Jordan,you shall stand[still] in the Jordan.'"
