3. Now I will tell you this: ‘I will not force out the people in this land. They will become your enemies. Their gods will become a trap for you.’”
4. After the angel gave Israel this message from the Lord, they cried loudly.
5. So they named the place Bokim. There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.
6. Then Joshua told the people they could go home. So each one went to take his own share of the land.
7. The people of Israel served the Lord as long as Joshua was alive. They continued serving the Lord during the lifetimes of the elders who lived on after Joshua. These men had seen all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.
8. Joshua son of Nun was the servant of the Lord. Joshua died at the age of 110.
9. So the Israelites buried him in the land he had been given. That land was at Timnath Heres. It was in the mountains of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
10. After those people had died, their children grew up. They did not know the Lord or what he had done for Israel.
11. So they did evil and worshiped the Baal idols. They did what the Lord said was wrong.