So then, when the LORD your God has given you the land and made you safe from all your enemies who live around you, be sure to kill all the Amalekites, so that no one will remember them any longer. Do not forget!

"Praise the LORD who has given his people peace, as he promised he would. He has kept all the generous promises he made through his servant Moses.

David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given peace to his people, and he himself will live in Jerusalem forever.

Get up and go; there is no safety here any more. Your sins have doomed this place to destruction.

If Joshua had given the people the rest that God had promised, God would not have spoken later about another day.

As it is, however, there still remains for God's people a rest like God's resting on the seventh day.

Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope,

and so we look forward to possessing the rich blessings that God keeps for his people. He keeps them for you in heaven, where they cannot decay or spoil or fade away.