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Text -- Joshua 24:1-15 (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 !”
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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
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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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