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Text -- Joshua 24:1-28 (NET)
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Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord
24:1 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem . He summoned Israel’s elders , rulers , judges , and leaders , and they appeared before God .
24:2 Joshua told all the people , “Here is what the Lord God of Israel says : ‘In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River , including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor . They worshiped other gods ,
24:3 but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan . I made his descendants numerous ; I gave him Isaac ,
24:4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau . To Esau I assigned Mount Seir , while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt .
24:5 I sent Moses and Aaron , and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land. Then I brought you out .
24:6 When I brought your fathers out of Egypt , you arrived at the sea . The Egyptians chased your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea .
24:7 Your fathers cried out for help to the Lord ; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark , and then drowned them in the sea . You witnessed with your very own eyes what I did in Egypt . You lived in the wilderness for a long time .
24:8 Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan . They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered their land and I destroyed them from before you.
24:9 Balak son of Zippor , king of Moab , launched an attack against Israel . He summoned Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment on you.
24:10 I refused to respond to Balaam ; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power .
24:11 You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho . The leaders of Jericho , as well as the Amorites , Perizzites , Canaanites , Hittites , Girgashites , Hivites , and Jebusites , fought with you, but I handed them over to you.
24:12 I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings . I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows .
24:13 I gave you a land in which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of vineyards and olive groves you did not plant .’
24:14 Now obey the Lord and worship him with integrity and loyalty . Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the Lord .
24:15 If you have no desire to worship the Lord , choose today whom you will worship , whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates , or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living . But I and my family will worship the Lord !”
24:16 The people responded , “Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can worship other gods !
24:17 For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery in the land of Egypt and performed these awesome miracles before our very eyes . He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations .
24:18 The Lord drove out from before us all the nations , including the Amorites who lived in the land . So we too will worship the Lord , for he is our God !”
24:19 Joshua warned the people , “You will not keep worshiping the Lord , for he is a holy God . He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins .
24:20 If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods , he will turn against you; he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, though he once treated you well .”
24:21 The people said to Joshua , “No ! We really will worship the Lord !”
24:22 Joshua said to the people , “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord ?” They replied , “We are witnesses !”
24:23 Joshua said, “Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the Lord God of Israel .”
24:24 The people said to Joshua , “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.”
24:25 That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people , and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem .
24:26 Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God . He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s shrine .
24:27 Joshua said to all the people , “Look , this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God .”
24:28 When Joshua dismissed the people , they went to their allotted portions of land .
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NET Notes -> Jos 24:2; Jos 24:2; Jos 24:2; Jos 24:3; Jos 24:3; Jos 24:4; Jos 24:5; Jos 24:7; Jos 24:7; Jos 24:7; Jos 24:7; Jos 24:7; Jos 24:8; Jos 24:9; Jos 24:9; Jos 24:9; Jos 24:10; Jos 24:10; Jos 24:10; Jos 24:11; Jos 24:11; Jos 24:12; Jos 24:12; Jos 24:12; Jos 24:13; Jos 24:13; Jos 24:14; Jos 24:14; Jos 24:14; Jos 24:14; Jos 24:14; Jos 24:14; Jos 24:14; Jos 24:15; Jos 24:15; Jos 24:15; Jos 24:15; Jos 24:15; Jos 24:15; Jos 24:15; Jos 24:15; Jos 24:16; Jos 24:16; Jos 24:17; Jos 24:17; Jos 24:17; Jos 24:17; Jos 24:18; Jos 24:19; Jos 24:19; Jos 24:19; Jos 24:19; Jos 24:19; Jos 24:19; Jos 24:20; Jos 24:20; Jos 24:20; Jos 24:20; Jos 24:20; Jos 24:21; Jos 24:21; Jos 24:22; Jos 24:22; Jos 24:23; Jos 24:23; Jos 24:24; Jos 24:24; Jos 24:25; Jos 24:25; Jos 24:27; Jos 24:27; Jos 24:28
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NET Notes: Jos 24:12 Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave...
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NET Notes: Jos 24:17 Heb “and he guarded us in all the way in which we walked and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.”
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NET Notes: Jos 24:19 This assertion obviously needs qualification, for the OT elsewhere affirms that God does forgive. Joshua is referring to the persistent national rebel...
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NET Notes: Jos 24:22 Like witnesses in a court of law, Israel’s solemn vow to worship the Lord will testify against them in the divine court if the nation ever viola...
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NET Notes: Jos 24:23 Heb “bend your heart toward.” The term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) probably here refers to the people...
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