Jos 23:2-3, And Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them: “I AM OLD, ADVANCED IN AGE. YOU HAVE SEEN ALL THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD HAS DONE TO ALL THESE NATIONS BECAUSE OF YOU, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS HE WHO HAS FOUGHT FOR YOU.
Joshua is 110 years old and he is giving a final warning to the children of Israel! He glorifies GOD and not himself! He tells them to “HOLD FAST TO THE LORD YOUR GOD” verse 8.
Jos 23:6, THEREFORE BE VERY COURAGEOUS TO KEEP AND TO DO ALL THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF MOSES, lest you turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,
THE LORD HAS GIVEN US A PATH TO FOLLOW; A PATH OF BLESSING & ANOTHER OF CURSING! THE PATH OF BLESSING IS THE LORD JESUS HIMSELF! FOR HE IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. THE ONLY PATH TO THE FATHER! HIS WORD DID NOT FAIL! Jos 23:14. BUT JOSHUA KNOWS THE HEART OF ISRAEL WHO WILL CHOSE THE PATH OF CURSING! Jud 2:8-10,
Mat 7:13, “ENTER BY THE NARROW GATE; FOR WIDE IS THE GATE AND BROAD IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION, AND THERE ARE MANY WHO GO IN BY IT.