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Joshua 24:1-26

24:1

And Joshua
<03091>

gathered
<0622> (8799)

all the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>

to Shechem
<07927>_,

and called
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for the elders
<02205>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and for their heads
<07218>_,

and for their judges
<08199> (8802)_,

and for their officers
<07860> (8802)_;

and they presented
<03320> (8691)

themselves before
<06440>

God
<0430>_.

24:2

And Joshua
<03091>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto all the people
<05971>_,

Thus saith
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the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

Your fathers
<01>

dwelt
<03427> (8804)

on the other side
<05676>

of the flood
<05104>

in old time
<05769>_,

[even] Terah
<08646>_,

the father
<01>

of Abraham
<085>_,

and the father
<01>

of Nachor
<05152>_:

and they served
<05647> (8799)

other
<0312>

gods
<0430>_.

24:3

And I took
<03947> (8799)

your father
<01>

Abraham
<085>

from the other side
<05676>

of the flood
<05104>_,

and led
<03212> (8686)

him throughout all the land
<0776>

of Canaan
<03667>_,

and multiplied
<07235> (8686)

his seed
<02233>_,

and gave
<05414> (8799)

him Isaac
<03327>_.

24:4

And I gave
<05414> (8799)

unto Isaac
<03327>

Jacob
<03290>

and Esau
<06215>_:

and I gave
<05414> (8799)

unto Esau
<06215>

mount
<02022>

Seir
<08165>_,

to possess
<03423> (8800)

it; but Jacob
<03290>

and his children
<01121>

went down
<03381> (8804)

into Egypt
<04714>_.

24:5

I sent
<07971> (8799)

Moses
<04872>

also and Aaron
<0175>_,

and I plagued
<05062> (8799)

Egypt
<04714>_,

according to that which
<0834>

I did
<06213> (8804)

among
<07130>

them: and afterward
<0310>

I brought you out
<03318> (8689)_.

24:6

And I brought
<03318> (8686)

your fathers
<01>

out of Egypt
<04714>_:

and ye came
<0935> (8799)

unto the sea
<03220>_;

and the Egyptians
<04714>

pursued
<07291> (8799)

after
<0310>

your fathers
<01>

with chariots
<07393>

and horsemen
<06571>

unto the Red
<05488>

sea
<03220>_.

24:7

And when they cried
<06817> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

he put
<07760> (8799)

darkness
<03990>

between you and the Egyptians
<04713>_,

and brought
<0935> (8686)

the sea
<03220>

upon them, and covered
<03680> (8762)

them; and your eyes
<05869>

have seen
<07200> (8799)

what I have done
<06213> (8804)

in Egypt
<04714>_:

and ye dwelt
<03427> (8799)

in the wilderness
<04057>

a long
<07227>

season
<03117>_.

24:8

And I brought
<0935> (8686)

you into the land
<0776>

of the Amorites
<0567>_,

which dwelt
<03427> (8802)

on the other side
<05676>

Jordan
<03383>_;

and they fought
<03898> (8735)

with you: and I gave
<05414> (8799)

them into your hand
<03027>_,

that ye might possess
<03423> (8799)

their land
<0776>_;

and I destroyed
<08045> (8686)

them from before
<06440>

you.

24:9

Then Balak
<01111>

the son
<01121>

of Zippor
<06834>_,

king
<04428>

of Moab
<04124>_,

arose
<06965> (8799)

and warred
<03898> (8735)

against Israel
<03478>_,

and sent
<07971> (8799)

and called
<07121> (8799)

Balaam
<01109>

the son
<01121>

of Beor
<01160>

to curse
<07043> (8763)

you:

24:10

But I would
<014> (8804)

not hearken
<08085> (8800)

unto Balaam
<01109>_;

therefore he blessed
<01288> (8762)

you still
<01288> (8800)_:

so I delivered
<05337> (8686)

you out of his hand
<03027>_.

24:11

And ye went over
<05674> (8799)

Jordan
<03383>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

unto Jericho
<03405>_:

and the men
<01167>

of Jericho
<03405>

fought
<03898> (8735)

against you, the Amorites
<0567>_,

and the Perizzites
<06522>_,

and the Canaanites
<03669>_,

and the Hittites
<02850>_,

and the Girgashites
<01622>_,

the Hivites
<02340>_,

and the Jebusites
<02983>_;

and I delivered
<05414> (8799)

them into your hand
<03027>_.

24:12

And I sent
<07971> (8799)

the hornet
<06880>

before
<06440>

you, which drave them out
<01644> (8762)

from before
<06440>

you, [even] the two
<08147>

kings
<04428>

of the Amorites
<0567>_;

[but] not with thy sword
<02719>_,

nor with thy bow
<07198>_.

24:13

And I have given
<05414> (8799)

you a land
<0776>

for which ye did not labour
<03021> (8804)_,

and cities
<05892>

which ye built
<01129> (8804)

not, and ye dwell
<03427> (8799)

in them; of the vineyards
<03754>

and oliveyards
<02132>

which ye planted
<05193> (8804)

not do ye eat
<0398> (8802)_.

24:14

Now therefore fear
<03372> (8798)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and serve
<05647> (8798)

him in sincerity
<08549>

and in truth
<0571>_:

and put away
<05493> (8685)

the gods
<0430>

which your fathers
<01>

served
<05647> (8804)

on the other side
<05676>

of the flood
<05104>_,

and in Egypt
<04714>_;

and serve
<05647> (8798)

ye the LORD
<03068>_.

24:15

And if it seem evil
<07489> (8804)

unto you
<04310>

to serve
<05647> (8800)

the LORD
<03068>_,

choose
<0977> (8798)

you this day
<03117>

whom
<05869>

ye will serve
<05647> (8799)_;

whether the gods
<0430>

which your fathers
<01>

served
<05647> (8804)

that [were] on the other side
<05676>

of the flood
<05104>_,

or the gods
<0430>

of the Amorites
<0567>_,

in whose land
<0776>

ye dwell
<03427> (8802)_:

but as for me and my house
<01004>_,

we will serve
<05647> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>_.

24:16

And the people
<05971>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

God forbid
<02486>

that we should forsake
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the LORD
<03068>_,

to serve
<05647> (8800)

other
<0312>

gods
<0430>_;

24:17

For the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>_,

he [it is] that brought us up
<05927> (8688)

and our fathers
<01>

out of the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_,

from the house
<01004>

of bondage
<05650>_,

and which did
<06213> (8804)

those great
<01419>

signs
<0226>

in our sight
<05869>_,

and preserved
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us in all the way
<01870>

wherein we went
<01980> (8804)_,

and among all the people
<05971>

through
<07130>

whom we passed
<05674> (8804)_:

24:18

And the LORD
<03068>

drave out
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from before
<06440>

us all the people
<05971>_,

even the Amorites
<0567>

which dwelt
<03427> (8802)

in the land
<0776>_:

[therefore] will we also serve
<05647> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>_;

for he [is] our God
<0430>_.

24:19

And Joshua
<03091>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the people
<05971>_,

Ye cannot
<03201> (8799)

serve
<05647> (8800)

the LORD
<03068>_:

for he [is] an holy
<06918>

God
<0430>_;

he [is] a jealous
<07072>

God
<0410>_;

he will not forgive
<05375> (8799)

your transgressions
<06588>

nor your sins
<02403>_.

{holy God: Heb. holy Gods}

24:20

If ye forsake
<05800> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and serve
<05647> (8804)

strange
<05236>

gods
<0430>_,

then he will turn
<07725> (8804)

and do you hurt
<07489> (8689)_,

and consume
<03615> (8765)

you, after
<0310>

that he hath done you good
<03190> (8689)_.

24:21

And the people
<05971>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Joshua
<03091>_,

Nay; but we will serve
<05647> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>_.

24:22

And Joshua
<03091>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the people
<05971>_,

Ye [are] witnesses
<05707>

against yourselves that ye have chosen
<0977> (8804)

you the LORD
<03068>_,

to serve
<05647> (8800)

him. And they said
<0559> (8799)_,

[We are] witnesses
<05707>_.

24:23

Now therefore put away
<05493> (8685)_,

[said he], the strange
<05236>

gods
<0430>

which [are] among
<07130>

you, and incline
<05186> (8685)

your heart
<03824>

unto the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_.

24:24

And the people
<05971>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Joshua
<03091>_,

The LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>

will we serve
<05647> (8799)_,

and his voice
<06963>

will we obey
<08085> (8799)_.

24:25

So Joshua
<03091>

made
<03772> (8799)

a covenant
<01285>

with the people
<05971>

that day
<03117>_,

and set
<07760> (8799)

them a statute
<02706>

and an ordinance
<04941>

in Shechem
<07927>_.

24:26

And Joshua
<03091>

wrote
<03789> (8799)

these words
<01697>

in the book
<05612>

of the law
<08451>

of God
<0430>_,

and took
<03947> (8799)

a great
<01419>

stone
<068>_,

and set it up
<06965> (8686)

there under an oak
<0427>_,

that [was] by the sanctuary
<04720>

of the LORD
<03068>_.