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And
Joshua gathered
all the tribes of Israel to
Shechem ,
and
called
for
the elders of
Israel
, and
for
their
heads
, and
for
their
judges, and for
their
officers ;
and they presented themselves before God.
Then
Joshua assembled
all the tribes of Israel at
Shechem .
He
summoned
the elders, leaders
, judges, and officers of
Israel,
and they presented themselves before God.
And Joshua said unto
all the people, Thus
saith
Jehovah
, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt
of
old
time
beyond
the
River
, even
Terah ,
the father of Abraham ,
and the
father
of
Nahor :
and they
served
other gods.
And Joshua said to
all the people, “This
is
what
the
LORD
, the God of Israel, says:
‘Long
ago
your fathers, including
Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor ,
lived
beyond
the
Euphrates
and worshiped
other gods.
And
I took your father Abraham from beyond the River,
and led him throughout
all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed,
and
gave him Isaac .
But
I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates
and led him through
all the land of Canaan, and I
multiplied his descendants.
I
gave him Isaac ,
And I gave unto
Isaac
Jacob and Esau :
and
I gave unto
Esau mount Seir ,
to possess it:
and
Jacob and his children
went down into
Egypt.
and to
Isaac
I gave Jacob and Esau .
I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess ,
but
Jacob and his sons
went down to
Egypt.
And
I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued
Egypt,
according
to
that
which
I did in
the
midst
thereof:
and afterward I brought you out.
Then
I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted
the
Egyptians
by
what
I did there,
and afterward I brought you out.
And
I brought your fathers out of Egypt :
and ye
came
unto
the sea ;
and
the Egyptians pursued after
your
fathers
with chariots and with
horsemen unto
the Red Sea.
When
I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you
reached
the Red
Sea ,
the Egyptians pursued them
with chariots and horsemen as
far
as
the Red Sea.
And
when
they
cried out unto
Jehovah
, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and
brought the sea upon
them,
and covered
them ;
and
your eyes saw what I did in
Egypt:
and
ye
dwelt
in the wilderness many
days
.
So
your
fathers
cried out to
the
LORD
, and
He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over
whom
He
brought the sea and engulfed
them .
Your very
eyes saw what I did to
the
Egyptians.
Then
you
lived
in the wilderness for
a
long
time
.
And
I brought you into
the land of the Amorites ,
that
dwelt
beyond the Jordan :
and
they fought with
you ;
and
I gave
them into your hand, and
ye
possessed
their land ;
and
I destroyed them from
before you.
Later,
I brought you to
the land of the Amorites who
lived
beyond the Jordan .
They fought against
you ,
but
I delivered
them into your hand, that
you
should
possess
their land when
I destroyed them before you.
Then Balak the
son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose
and
fought
against Israel :
and
he sent and
called
Balaam the
son of Beor to curse you ;
Then Balak son of Zippor, the
king of Moab, set
out
to
fight
against Israel .
He sent for
Balaam son of Beor to curse you ,
but I would not hearken
unto
Balaam ;
therefore
he blessed you still:
so
I delivered you out
of
his hand.
but I would not listen
to
Balaam .
So
he blessed you again
and
again,
and
I delivered you from
his hand.
And
ye
went
over
the Jordan ,
and came unto
Jericho :
and
the men
of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite
, and
the
Perizzite
, and
the
Canaanite
, and
the
Hittite
, and
the
Girgashite
, the
Hivite
, and the
Jebusite;
and I delivered them into your hand.
After
this,
you
crossed
the Jordan and came to
Jericho .
The people
of Jericho fought against you, as
did
the Amorites
, Perizzites
, Canaanites
, Hittites
, Girgashites
, Hivites
, and Jebusites,
and I delivered them into your hand.
And
I sent the hornet before
you, which
drove them
out from
before
you,
even
the two kings of
the
Amorites;
not with
thy
sword ,
nor
with
thy
bow.
I sent the hornet ahead
of
you, and
it
drove out the two Amorite
kings before
you,
but
not by
your
own
sword or
bow.
And
I gave you a land whereon
thou
hadst
not labored,
and cities which
ye
built
not, and ye
dwell
therein;
of
vineyards and oliveyards
which
ye
planted
not do
ye
eat
.
So
I gave you a land on
which
you
did
not toil
and cities that
you
did
not build
, and now
you
live
in
them
and
eat
from
vineyards and olive
groves
that
you
did
not plant
. ’
Now therefore fear
Jehovah
, and serve him in sincerity and in
truth; and
put
away
the gods which
your fathers served beyond the River,
and in Egypt ;
and serve ye
Jehovah
.
Now ,
therefore, fear
the
LORD
and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast
aside
the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates
and in Egypt ,
and serve the
LORD
.
And
if it seem
evil
unto
you
to serve Jehovah
, choose you
this day whom ye
will serve ;
whether the gods which
your fathers served that
were
beyond the River
, or the gods of the Amorites ,
in whose land ye
dwell:
but
as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
But
if it is
unpleasing
in
your
sight
to serve the
LORD
, then
choose for
yourselves
this day whom you
will serve ,
whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates
, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you
are
living.
As for me and my house, we will serve the
LORD!”
And
the people answered
and
said
, Far be it from us that
we
should
forsake Jehovah,
to serve other gods ;
The people replied
, “
Far be it from us to
forsake the
LORD
to serve other gods !
for Jehovah
our God ,
he
it
is
that
brought us and our fathers up
out of the land of Egypt, from
the house of bondage
, and that
did
those
great signs in
our sight,
and
preserved
us in
all
the
way
wherein
we
went,
and among all the peoples
through the
midst
of
whom
we passed;
For the
LORD
our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out
of
the house of slavery
, and performed
these
great signs before
our eyes.
He
also
protected
us throughout
our
journey
and among all the nations
through which
we traveled.
and Jehovah
drove out from
before us all the peoples
, even
the Amorites that
dwelt
in the land :
therefore
we also
will serve Jehovah;
for
he is our God .
And the
LORD
drove out before us all the nations
, including
the Amorites who
lived
in the land .
We too
will serve the
LORD,
because
He is our God !”
And
Joshua said unto
the people, Ye
cannot
serve Jehovah;
for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression
nor
your sins.
But
Joshua said to
the people, “You
are
not
able
to
serve the
LORD,
for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion
or
your sins.
If ye
forsake Jehovah,
and serve foreign gods, then
he will turn and do
you evil,
and consume you, after that
he hath
done
you
good.
If you
forsake the
LORD
and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring
disaster
on
you and consume you, even
after He has
been
good to
you
. ”
And
the people said
unto
Joshua,
Nay;
but
we will serve Jehovah.
“No!”
replied
the people .
“
We will serve the
LORD!”
And
Joshua said
unto
the
people
, Ye
are witnesses against yourselves that ye
have chosen you
Jehovah,
to serve him
. And
they
said,
We are witnesses.
Then
Joshua told
them
, “You
are witnesses against yourselves that you
have chosen to serve the
LORD
. ”
“
We are witnesses !”
they
said
.
Now therefore put
away
, `said
he '
, the foreign gods which
are
among you ,
and incline your heart
unto
Jehovah
, the God of Israel.
“
Now ,
therefore, ”
he said
, “get
rid
of
the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts
to
the
LORD
, the God of Israel. ”
And
the people said unto
Joshua, Jehovah
our
God
will
we serve ,
and unto
his voice will
we
hearken
.
So
the people said to
Joshua, “
We will
serve the
LORD
our
God
and obey
His voice. ”
So
Joshua made a covenant with
the people that
day
, and set
them a statute and an
ordinance in
Shechem
.
On
that
day
Joshua made a covenant for
the people, and there
at
Shechem
he
established
for
them a statute and ordinance.
And
Joshua wrote
these words
in the book of the law of God ;
and
he took a great
stone ,
and set it up there under the oak that was by
the sanctuary of Jehovah
.
Joshua recorded
these things
in the Book of the Law of God .
Then
he took a large
stone and set it up there under the oak that was near
the sanctuary of the
LORD
.
And Joshua said unto
all the people, Behold,
this stone shall
be a witness against us ;
for it hath
heard all the words of
Jehovah
which
he
spake
unto
us :
it shall
be therefore
a witness against you ,
lest
ye
deny your God.
And Joshua said to
all the people, “You
see
this stone .
It
will
be a witness against us ,
for it has
heard all the words the
LORD
has
spoken
to
us ,
and
it will
be a witness against you if
you
ever
deny your God. ”
So
Joshua sent the people away, every
man
unto
his inheritance.
Then
Joshua sent the people away, each
to
his own
inheritance.
And
it
came
to
pass
after
these
things
, that
Joshua the
son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah
, died ,
being
a
hundred
and
ten
years
old
.
Some
time
later
, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the
LORD
, died at
the
age
of
110
.
And they buried him in the border
of his inheritance in
Timnathserah
, which
is
in the hill -
country of Ephraim, on
the
north of the
mountain
of
Gaash.
And they buried him in the land
of his inheritance, at
Timnath-serah
in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount
Gaash.
And
Israel served Jehovah
all
the days of Joshua ,
and all
the
days
of the elders that
outlived Joshua,
and had known
all the work
of
Jehovah,
that he
had wrought
for Israel.
Israel had
served the LORD
throughout
the
days of Joshua and of the elders who
outlived him
and who
had experienced
all the works
that the
LORD
had done
for Israel.
And the bones of Joseph, which the children
of
Israel
brought up out of Egypt, buried they
in
Shechem ,
in the parcel
of ground
which
Jacob bought
of
the sons of Hamor the
father of
Shechem
for a hundred pieces of money:
and
they
became the
inheritance of
the
children
of
Joseph
.
And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites
had
brought up out of Egypt, were
buried at
Shechem in the plot
of land
that
Jacob had
purchased
from
the sons of Hamor ,
Shechem’s
father ,
for a hundred pieces of silver.
So
it
became an
inheritance for
Joseph’s
descendants
.
And
Eleazar the
son of Aaron died ;
and they buried him in
the
hill
of
Phinehas
his
son
, which was
given him
in the hill -
country of Ephraim.
Eleazar son of Aaron also
died ,
and they buried him at
Gibeah
, which had
been
given to
his
son
Phinehas
in the hill country of Ephraim.
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