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καὶ Ἰησοῦς πάσας φυλὰς Ισραηλ εἰς Σηλω καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς γραμματεῖς αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς δικαστὰς αὐτῶν καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτοὺς ἀπέναντι τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς πρὸς πάντα τὸν λαόν τάδε λέγει κύριος θεὸς Ισραηλ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν τὸ ἀπ' ἀρχῆς Θαρα πατὴρ Αβρααμ καὶ πατὴρ Ναχωρ καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν θεοῖς ἑτέροις καὶ ἔλαβον τὸν πατέρα ὑμῶν τὸν Αβρααμ ἐκ τοῦ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ὡδήγησα αὐτὸν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ καὶ ἐπλήθυνα αὐτοῦ σπέρμα καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτῷ τὸν Ισαακ καὶ τῷ Ισαακ τὸν Ιακωβ καὶ τὸν Ησαυ καὶ ἔδωκα τῷ Ησαυ τὸ ὄρος τὸ Σηιρ κληρονομῆσαι αὐτῷ καὶ Ιακωβ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἐγένοντο ἐκεῖ εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ πολὺ καὶ κραταιόν καὶ ἐκάκωσαν αὐτοὺς οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι καὶ ἐπάταξεν κύριος τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἐν οἷς ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖς καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ὑμᾶς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν ἐρυθράν καὶ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ὀπίσω τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ἐν ἅρμασιν καὶ ἐν ἵπποις εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν ἐρυθράν καὶ πρὸς κύριον καὶ ἔδωκεν νεφέλην καὶ γνόφον ἀνὰ μέσον ἡμῶν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν Αἰγυπτίων καὶ ἐπ' αὐτοὺς τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ ἐκάλυψεν αὐτούς καὶ εἴδοσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑμῶν ὅσα ἐποίησεν κύριος ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ ἦτε ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἡμέρας πλείους καὶ ἤγαγεν ὑμᾶς εἰς γῆν Αμορραίων τῶν πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου καὶ ὑμῖν καὶ αὐτοὺς κύριος εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν καὶ τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν καὶ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν καὶ Βαλακ τοῦ Σεπφωρ βασιλεὺς Μωαβ καὶ τῷ Ισραηλ καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸν Βαλααμ ἀράσασθαι ὑμῖν 10 καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν κύριος θεός σου σε καὶ εὐλογίαν εὐλόγησεν ὑμᾶς καὶ ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρῶν αὐτῶν καὶ αὐτούς 11 καὶ τὸν Ιορδάνην καὶ εἰς Ιεριχω καὶ ἐπολέμησαν πρὸς ὑμᾶς οἱ Ιεριχω Αμορραῖος καὶ Χαναναῖος καὶ Φερεζαῖος καὶ Ευαῖος καὶ Ιεβουσαῖος καὶ Χετταῖος καὶ Γεργεσαῖος καὶ αὐτοὺς κύριος εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν 12 καὶ προτέραν ὑμῶν τὴν σφηκιάν καὶ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν δώδεκα βασιλεῖς τῶν Αμορραίων οὐκ ἐν τῇ ῤομφαίᾳ σου οὐδὲ ἐν τῷ τόξῳ σου 13 καὶ ἔδωκεν ὑμῖν γῆν ἐφ' ἣν οὐκ ἐκοπιάσατε ἐπ' αὐτῆς καὶ πόλεις ἃς οὐκ ᾠκοδομήσατε καὶ ἐν αὐταῖς καὶ ἀμπελῶνας καὶ ἐλαιῶνας οὓς οὐκ ἐφυτεύσατε ὑμεῖς ἔδεσθε 14 καὶ νῦν φοβήθητε κύριον καὶ λατρεύσατε αὐτῷ ἐν εὐθύτητι καὶ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους οἷς ἐλάτρευσαν οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ λατρεύετε κυρίῳ 15 εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀρέσκει ὑμῖν λατρεύειν κυρίῳ ἕλεσθε ὑμῖν ἑαυτοῖς σήμερον τίνι λατρεύσητε εἴτε τοῖς θεοῖς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν τοῖς ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ εἴτε τοῖς θεοῖς τῶν Αμορραίων ἐν οἷς ὑμεῖς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ οἰκία μου λατρεύσομεν κυρίῳ ὅτι ἅγιός ἐστιν 16 καὶ λαὸς εἶπεν μὴ γένοιτο ἡμῖν κύριον ὥστε λατρεύειν θεοῖς ἑτέροις 17 κύριος θεὸς ἡμῶν αὐτὸς θεός ἐστιν αὐτὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ὁδῷ ἐπορεύθημεν ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν οὓς δι' αὐτῶν 18 καὶ κύριος τὸν Αμορραῖον καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ προσώπου ἡμῶν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡμεῖς λατρεύσομεν κυρίῳ οὗτος γὰρ θεὸς ἡμῶν ἐστιν 19 καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς πρὸς τὸν λαόν οὐ μὴ δύνησθε λατρεύειν κυρίῳ ὅτι θεὸς ἅγιός ἐστιν καὶ ζηλώσας οὗτος οὐκ ὑμῶν τὰ ἁμαρτήματα καὶ τὰ ἀνομήματα ὑμῶν 20 ἡνίκα ἐὰν κύριον καὶ λατρεύσητε θεοῖς ἑτέροις καὶ κακώσει ὑμᾶς καὶ ὑμᾶς ἀνθ' ὧν εὖ ἐποίησεν ὑμᾶς 21 καὶ εἶπεν λαὸς πρὸς Ἰησοῦν οὐχί ἀλλὰ κυρίῳ λατρεύσομεν 22 καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς πρὸς τὸν λαόν μάρτυρες ὑμεῖς καθ' ὑμῶν ὅτι ὑμεῖς κύριον λατρεύειν αὐτῷ 23 καὶ νῦν τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους τοὺς ἐν ὑμῖν καὶ εὐθύνατε τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν πρὸς κύριον θεὸν Ισραηλ 24 καὶ εἶπεν λαὸς πρὸς Ἰησοῦν κυρίῳ λατρεύσομεν καὶ τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκουσόμεθα 25 καὶ Ἰησοῦς διαθήκην πρὸς τὸν λαὸν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ νόμον καὶ κρίσιν ἐν Σηλω ἐνώπιον τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ θεοῦ Ισραηλ 26 καὶ ἔγραψεν τὰ ῤήματα ταῦτα εἰς βιβλίον νόμον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἔλαβεν λίθον μέγαν καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν Ἰησοῦς ὑπὸ τὴν τερέμινθον ἀπέναντι κυρίου 27 καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς πρὸς τὸν λαόν ἰδοὺ λίθος οὗτος ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον ὅτι αὐτὸς ἀκήκοεν πάντα τὰ λεχθέντα αὐτῷ ὑπὸ κυρίου τι ἐλάλησεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς σήμερον καὶ ἔσται οὗτος ἐν ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον ἐπ' ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἡνίκα ἐὰν ψεύσησθε κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ μου 28 καὶ Ἰησοῦς τὸν λαόν καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ 29 καὶ ἐλάτρευσεν Ισραηλ τῷ κυρίῳ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας Ἰησοῦ καὶ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ὅσοι τὸν χρόνον μετὰ Ἰησοῦ καὶ ὅσοι εἴδοσαν πάντα τὰ ἔργα κυρίου ὅσα ἐποίησεν τῷ Ισραηλ 30 καὶ ἐγένετο μετ' ἐκεῖνα καὶ Ἰησοῦς υἱὸς Ναυη δοῦλος κυρίου ἑκατὸν δέκα ἐτῶν 31 καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν πρὸς τοῖς ὁρίοις τοῦ κλήρου αὐτοῦ ἐν Θαμναθασαχαρα ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Εφραιμ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ τοῦ ὄρους Γαας 31a ἐκεῖ ἔθηκαν μετ' αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ μνῆμα εἰς ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ τὰς μαχαίρας τὰς πετρίνας ἐν αἷς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραηλ ἐν Γαλγαλοις ὅτε αὐτοὺς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καθὰ αὐτοῖς κύριος καὶ ἐκεῖ εἰσιν ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας 32 καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ Ιωσηφ οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐν Σικιμοις ἐν τῇ μερίδι τοῦ ἀγροῦ οὗ ἐκτήσατο Ιακωβ παρὰ τῶν Αμορραίων τῶν ἐν Σικιμοις ἀμνάδων ἑκατὸν καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν Ιωσηφ ἐν μερίδι 33 καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ Ελεαζαρ υἱὸς Ααρων ἀρχιερεὺς ἐτελεύτησεν καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν Γαβααθ Φινεες τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ ἣν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Εφραιμ 33a ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ λαβόντες οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ Φινεες ἱεράτευσεν ἀντὶ Ελεαζαρ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἕως καὶ ἐν Γαβααθ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ 33b οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτῶν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἑαυτῶν πόλιν καὶ ἐσέβοντο οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ τὴν Ἀστάρτην καὶ Ασταρωθ καὶ τοὺς θεοὺς τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν κύκλῳ αὐτῶν καὶ αὐτοὺς κύριος εἰς χεῖρας Εγλωμ τῷ βασιλεῖ Μωαβ καὶ ἐκυρίευσεν αὐτῶν ἔτη δέκα ὀκτώ