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For a long time now, right up to this very day, you have not deserted your brothers. You have fulfilled the task that the Lord, your God, gave you. Now that the Lord, your God, has given your brothers the rest that he had promised them, you can return to your homes in the land that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you as a possession on the other side of the Jordan. Take heed to follow the commandments and the laws that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you: to love the Lord, your God, and to walk in his ways and to observe his commandments, holding fast to him and serving him with all your heart and all your soul.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 22:5 Considering that the Israelites had for so many years been preoccupied with the physical side of life, Joshua takes this opportunity to restate the need for them to make love of God and obedience to his commandments the primary focus of their lives.