Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 gathereth
all the tribes of Israel to
Shechem ,
and
calleth
for
the elders of
Israel
, and
for
its
heads
, and
for
its
judges, and for
its
authorities
, and they station
themselves before God.
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 Joshua saith
unto
all the people, `Thus
said
Jehovah
, God of Israel, Beyond
the
River
have
your fathers dwelt
of
old
--
Terah father of Abraham and father
of
Nachor
--
and they
serve
other gods ;
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 take
your father Abraham from beyond the River,
and cause
him to
go
through all the land of Canaan, and multiply
his seed,
and
give
to
him Isaac .
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
give
to Isaac ,
Jacob and Esau ;
and
I give
to
Esau mount Seir ,
to possess it;
and
Jacob and his sons have
gone
down to Egypt.
Then
I sent
Moses and Aaron, and I
afflicted
the
Egyptians
by
what
I did
there
, and afterward
I brought you out.
And
I send
Moses and Aaron, and plague
Egypt,
as
I have
done
in
its
midst
, and afterwards
I have
brought you out.
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
I bring
out
your fathers from
Egypt ,
and ye
go
into
the sea, and
the Egyptians pursue
after
your
fathers,
with chariot
and with
horsemen ,
to
the Red Sea ;
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
they
cry
unto
Jehovah
, and He setteth
thick
darkness between you and the Egyptians, and
bringeth
on
them
the sea ,
and covereth
them ,
and
your eyes see
that
which
I have
done
in Egypt;
and
ye
dwell
in
a wilderness
many
days
.
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
.
`And
I bring
you in
unto
the land of the Amorite
who is
dwelling
beyond the Jordan ,
and
they fight
with
you, and
I give
them into your hand, and
ye
possess their land ,
and
I destroy
them out
of
your
presence
.
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,
`And
Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, riseth
and
fighteth
against Israel ,
and
sendeth
and
calleth
for Balaam son of Beor ,
to revile
you,
but
I would
not listen
to Balaam .
So
he blessed
you again
and
again
, and I delivered
you from
his hand.
and
I have
not been
willing
to hearken
to
Balaam ,
and
he doth
greatly
bless
you, and I deliver
you out
of
his 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
ye
pass
over
the Jordan ,
and come
in
unto
Jericho ,
and
fight
against
you
do
the possessors
of Jericho --
the Amorite
, and
the
Perizzite
, and
the
Canaanite
, and
the
Hittite
, and
the
Girgashite
, the
Hivite
, and the
Jebusite
--
and I give
them into your hand.
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 send
before
you
the hornet, and it casteth
them
out from
your
presence
--
two kings of
the
Amorite
--
not by thy
sword ,
nor
by
thy
bow.
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
. ’
`And
I give
to
you a land for
which thou
hast
not laboured,
and cities which
ye
have
not built
, and ye
dwell
in them ;
of
vineyards and olive -yards
which
ye
have
not planted
ye
are
eating
.
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
now, fear ye
Jehovah,
and serve Him ,
in perfection
and in
truth ,
and
turn
aside the gods which
your fathers served beyond the River,
and in Egypt, and serve ye
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
if wrong
in your eyes
to serve Jehovah
--
choose for you
to-
day whom ye
do
serve ;
--
whether the gods whom
your fathers served ,
which
`are'
beyond the River
, or the gods of the Amorite
in whose land ye
are dwelling;
and I
and
my house --
we serve Jehovah.'
The people replied
, “
Far be it from us to forsake the
LORD
to serve other gods !
And
the people answer
and
say
, `
Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah,
to serve other gods ;
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.
for Jehovah
our God `is'
He
who
is
bringing
us and our fathers up
out of the land of Egypt, out of a
house of servants
, and who
hath
done
before our eyes these
great
signs,
and
doth
keep
us in
all
the
way
in
which
we
have
gone,
and among all the peoples
through whose
midst
we passed;
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 Jehovah
casteth
out the whole
of
the
peoples
, even
the Amorite
inhabiting
the land ,
from
our
presence;
we also
do
serve Jehovah
, for
He `
is '
our God .'
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.
And
Joshua saith
unto
the people, `Ye
are not able to serve Jehovah
, for a God most
holy
He `
is ';
a zealous
God He
`is'
; He doth
not bear
with
your transgression
and
with
your sins.
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. ”
When
ye
forsake Jehovah,
and have
served
gods of
a
stranger
, then
He hath
turned
back
and done
evil
to
you ,
and consumed
you, after that
He hath
done
good to you. '
“No!”
replied
the people .
“
We will
serve the
LORD!”
And
the people saith
unto
Joshua,
`No,
but
Jehovah
we do
serve .'
Then
Joshua told
them
, “You
are
witnesses against yourselves that you
have chosen to serve the
LORD.”
“We
are
witnesses! ”
they
said.
And
Joshua saith
unto
the
people
, `
Witnesses ye
are
against yourselves ,
that ye
have chosen for
you
Jehovah
to serve Him
(and
they
say,
`
Witnesses! ')
“Now,
therefore
, ”
he
said
, “get
rid
of
the foreign
gods among
you
and incline your hearts
to
the
LORD
, the
God of Israel. ”
and
, now
, turn
aside
the gods of
the
stranger
which
`are'
in
your
midst,
and incline your heart
unto
Jehovah
, God of Israel. '
So
the people said
to
Joshua, “We
will
serve
the
LORD
our God and obey
His voice. ”
And
the people say
unto
Joshua, `Jehovah
our God we
serve,
and to
His voice we
hearken
. '
On
that
day
Joshua made
a covenant for
the people, and there
at
Shechem
he
established
for
them
a statute and ordinance.
And
Joshua maketh
a covenant with
the people on
that
day
, and layeth
on
it
a statute and an
ordinance ,
in
Shechem
.
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 writeth
these words
in the Book of the Law of God ,
and
taketh
a great
stone ,
and raiseth
it up there under the oak which
`is'
in
the sanctuary of Jehovah
.
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. ”
And Joshua saith
unto
all the people, `Lo,
this stone is
against us for
a
witness
, for it hath
heard all the sayings
of
Jehovah
which
He
hath
spoken with
us, and it hath
been
against
you
for
a witness ,
lest
ye
lie
against your God. '
Then
Joshua sent
the people away, each to his own
inheritance.
And
Joshua sendeth
the people away, each to his inheritance.
Some
time
later
, Joshua son of Nun, the
servant of the
LORD
, died
at
the
age
of 110.
And
it
cometh
to
pass
, after
these
things,
that
Joshua son of Nun, servant of Jehovah
, dieth,
a
son
of a
hundred
and
ten
years,
And they buried
him in the land
of his inheritance, at
Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount
Gaash.
and they bury
him in the border
of his inheritance, in
Timnath-Serah ,
which
`is'
in the hill -
country of Ephraim, on
the
north of the
hill
of
Gaash.
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
Israel serveth
Jehovah
all
the days of Joshua ,
and all
the
days
of the elders who prolonged
days
after
Joshua,
and who knew
all the work
of
Jehovah
which
He
did
to
Israel.
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 the bones of Joseph, which the sons
of
Israel
brought up out of Egypt, they
buried in
Shechem ,
in the portion
of the
field
which
Jacob bought
from the sons of Hamor father of
Shechem
, with
a hundred kesitah;
and
they
are
to
the
sons
of Joseph
for
an inheritance.
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.
And
Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they bury
him in
the
hill
of
Phinehas
his
son
, which was
given to him
in the hill -
country of Ephraim.
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