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Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

בְּעֵ֣בֶר (בְּ) be. “on”

I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst of it: and afterward I brought you out.

בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.

בְּרֶ֥כֶב (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְפָרָשִׁ֖ים (בְ) ve. “with”

When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.

בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם (בְּ) be. “in”בַמִּדְבָּ֖ר (בַ) va. “in the”

I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

בְּעֵ֣בֶר (בְּ) be. “on”בְּיֶדְכֶם֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “against”

You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

בָכֶ֣ם (בָ) va. “against <the>”בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.

בְחַרְבְּךָ֖ (בְ) ve. “by”בְקַשְׁתֶּֽךָ׃ (בְ) ve. “by”

I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn't build, and you dwell therein; of vineyards and olive groves which you didn't plant do you eat.

בָּ֗הּ (בָּ֗) Ba “for”בָּהֶ֑ם (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve you Yahweh.

בְּתָמִ֣ים (בְּ) be. “in”וּבֶֽאֱמֶ֑ת (בֶֽ) ve. “in”בְּעֵ֤בֶר (בְּ) be. “on”וּבְמִצְרַ֔יִם (בְ) ve. “in”

If it seem evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.

בְּֽעֵינֵיכֶ֜ם (בְּֽ) be. “in”בְּאַרְצָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”

for Yahweh our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בָ֔הּ (בָ֔) Va “in <the>”וּבְכֹל֙ (בְ) ve. “among”בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. They said, We are witnesses.

בָּכֶ֔ם (בָּ) ba. “on <the>”

Now therefore put away, [ergänzt: said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “[are] in”

The people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God will we serve, and to his voice will we listen.

וּבְקוֹל֖וֹ (בְ) ve. “to”

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ (בִּ) bi “at”

Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.

בְּסֵ֖פֶר (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמִקְדַּ֥שׁ (בְּ) be. “[was] at”

Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.

בָּ֣נוּ (בָּ֣) Ba. “on <the>”בָכֶם֙ (בָ) va. “on <the>”בֵּאלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (בֵּ) be. “<in>”

They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

בִּגְב֣וּל (בִּ) bi “in”בְּתִמְנַת־ (בְּ) be. “at”בְּהַר־ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

בִשְׁכֶם֒ (בִ) vi “at”בְּחֶלְקַ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמֵאָ֣ה (בְּ) be. “for”

Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Ephraim.

בְּגִבְעַת֙ (בְּ) be. “at”בְּהַ֥ר (בְּ) be. “in”

It happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?

בַּיהוָ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “by”בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “at the”בּֽוֹ׃ (בּֽ) b “against <the>”

Yahweh said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot. So Simeon went with him.

בְגוֹרָלִ֗י (בְ) ve. “in”בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י (בַּֽ) ba. “against the”בְּגוֹרָלֶ֑ךָ (בְּ) be. “in”