The Angel of the LORD Rebukes Israel
1   And the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I swore unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2   And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants  of  this  land;  you  shall  throw down their altars: but you have not obeyed my voice: why have you done this?
3   Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
4   And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
5   And they called the name of that place Bochim:  and  they  sacrificed  there  unto  the LORD.

The Death of Joshua
6   And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
7   And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
8   And Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old.
9   And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
10   And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

Israel Does Evil
11   And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
12   And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
13   And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
14   And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of plunderers  that  plundered them,  and  he  sold them  into  the  hands  of  their  enemies  round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
15   Wherever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had  said,  and  as  the LORD had  sworn  unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

Judges Raised Up
16   Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hand of those that plundered them.
17   And yet they would not hearken unto their judges,  but  they  played  the  harlot  with  other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
18   And  when  the  LORD  raised  them  up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for the LORD had compassion because of their groanings because of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
19   And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
20   And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel;  and  he  said,  Because  this  people  has transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
21   I also will no longer drive out any from before  them  of  the  nations  which  Joshua  left when he died:
22   That  through  them  I  may  test  Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
23   Therefore  the  LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.