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Joshua 24:2 (NLT) New Living Translation

1 Then Joshua summoned all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, including their elders, leaders, judges, and officers. So they came and presented themselves to God.
2 Joshua said to the people, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.
3 But I took your ancestor Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him into the land of Canaan. I gave him many descendants through his son Isaac.
4 To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir, while Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5 "Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I brought terrible plagues on Egypt; and afterward I brought you out as a free people.
6 But when your ancestors arrived at the Red Sea, the Egyptians chased after you with chariots and charioteers.
7 When your ancestors cried out to the LORD, I put darkness between you and the Egyptians. I brought the sea crashing down on the Egyptians, drowning them. With your very own eyes you saw what I did. Then you lived in the wilderness for many years.
8 "Finally, I brought you into the land of the Amorites on the east side of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I destroyed them before you. I gave you victory over them, and you took possession of their land.
9 Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, started a war against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
10 but I would not listen to him. Instead, I made Balaam bless you, and so I rescued you from Balak.
11 "When you crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho, the men of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I gave you victory over them.
12 And I sent terror ahead of you to drive out the two kings of the Amorites. It was not your swords or bows that brought you victory.
13 I gave you land you had not worked on, and I gave you towns you did not build-- the towns where you are now living. I gave you vineyards and olive groves for food, though you did not plant them.
14 "So fear the LORD and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD alone.
15 But if you refuse to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD."
16 The people replied, "We would never abandon the LORD and serve other gods.
17 For the LORD our God is the one who rescued us and our ancestors from slavery in the land of Egypt. He performed mighty miracles before our very eyes. As we traveled through the wilderness among our enemies, he preserved us.
18 It was the LORD who drove out the Amorites and the other nations living here in the land. So we, too, will serve the LORD, for he alone is our God."
19 Then Joshua warned the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy and jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.
20 If you abandon the LORD and serve other gods, he will turn against you and destroy you, even though he has been so good to you."
21 But the people answered Joshua, "No, we will serve the LORD!"
22 "You are a witness to your own decision," Joshua said. "You have chosen to serve the LORD." "Yes," they replied, "we are witnesses to what we have said."
23 "All right then," Joshua said, "destroy the idols among you, and turn your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel."
24 The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God. We will obey him alone."
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day at Shechem, committing them to follow the decrees and regulations of the LORD.
26 Joshua recorded these things in the Book of God's Instructions. As a reminder of their agreement, he took a huge stone and rolled it beneath the terebinth tree beside the Tabernacle of the LORD.
27 Joshua said to all the people, "This stone has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness to testify against you if you go back on your word to God."
28 Then Joshua sent all the people away to their own homelands.
29 After this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
30 They buried him in the land he had been allocated, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
31 The people of Israel served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him-- those who had personally experienced all that the LORD had done for Israel.
32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought along with them when they left Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the parcel of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor for 100 pieces of silver. This land was located in the territory allotted to the descendants of Joseph.
33 Eleazar son of Aaron also died. He was buried in the hill country of Ephraim, in the town of Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas.
1 And Joshua H3091 gathered H622 all H3605 NMS the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to Shechem H7927 , and called H7121 W-VQY3MS for the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 , and for their heads H7218 , and for their judges H8199 , and for their officers H7860 ; and they presented themselves H3320 before H6440 L-CMP God H430 .
2 And Joshua H3091 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP all H3605 NMS the people H5971 , Thus H3541 saith H559 W-VQY3MS the LORD H3068 EDS God H430 NAME-4MP of Israel H3478 , Your fathers H1 dwelt H3427 VQQ3MP on the other side H5676 of the flood H5104 D-NMS in old time H5769 , even Terah H8646 EMS , the father H1 CMS-1MS of Abraham H85 , and the father H1 of Nachor H5152 EMS : and they served H5647 other H312 gods H430 EDP .
3 And I took H3947 your father H1 Abraham H85 from the other side H5676 M-CMS of the flood H5104 D-NMS , and led H1980 him throughout all H3605 B-CMS the land H776 GFS of Canaan H3667 EMS , and multiplied H7235 his seed H2233 NMS-3MS , and gave H5414 him Isaac H3327 .
4 And I gave H5414 unto Isaac H3327 Jacob H3290 and Esau H6215 : and I gave H5414 unto Esau H6215 mount H2022 CMS Seir H8165 LFS , to possess H3423 it ; but Jacob H3290 and his children H1121 W-CMP-3MS went down H3381 into Egypt H4714 .
5 I sent H7971 Moses H4872 also and Aaron H175 , and I plagued H5062 Egypt H4714 EFS , according to that which H834 K-RPRO I did H6213 VQQ1MS among H7130 them : and afterward H310 W-ADV I brought you out H3318 .
6 And I brought your fathers out H3318 of Egypt H4714 M-TFS : and ye came H935 unto the sea H3220 ; and the Egyptians H4714 M-TFS pursued H7291 after H310 PREP your fathers H1 with chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571 unto the Red H5488 sea H3220 .
7 And when they cried H6817 unto H413 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS , he put H7760 W-VQY3MS darkness H3990 between H996 W-PREP you and the Egyptians H4713 D-TMP , and brought H935 W-VHY3MS the sea H3220 D-NMS upon H5921 PREP-3MS them , and covered H3680 them ; and your eyes H5869 have seen H7200 what H834 RPRO I have done H6213 VQQ1MS in Egypt H4714 : and ye dwelt H3427 in the wilderness H4057 a long H7227 AMP season H3117 NMP .
8 And I brought H935 you into H413 PREP the land H776 GFS of the Amorites H567 D-TMS , which dwelt H3427 on the other side H5676 Jordan H3383 D-EFS ; and they fought H3898 with H854 PART-2MP you : and I gave H5414 them into your hand H3027 B-CFS-2MP , that ye might possess H3423 their land H776 ; and I destroyed H8045 them from before H6440 you .
9 Then Balak H1111 the son H1121 of Zippor H6834 , king H4428 NMS of Moab H4124 , arose H6965 W-VQY3MS and warred H3898 against Israel H3478 , and sent H7971 W-VQY3MS and called H7121 W-VQY3MS Balaam H1109 the son H1121 of Beor H1160 to curse H7043 L-VPFC you :
10 But I would H14 not H3808 W-NPAR hearken H8085 unto Balaam H1109 ; therefore he blessed H1288 W-VNY3MS you still : so I delivered H5337 you out of his hand H3027 .
11 And ye went over H5674 Jordan H3383 D-EFS , and came H935 unto H413 PREP Jericho H3405 : and the men H1167 of Jericho H3405 fought H3898 against you , the Amorites H567 , and the Perizzites H6522 WD-EMS , and the Canaanites H3669 WD-EMS , and the Hittites H2850 , and the Girgashites H1622 , the Hivites H2340 D-TMS , and the Jebusites H2983 ; and I delivered H5414 them into your hand H3027 .
12 And I sent H7971 the hornet H6880 before H6440 you , which drove them out H1644 from before H6440 you , even the two H8147 ONUM kings H4428 CMP of the Amorites H567 D-TMS ; but not H3808 NADV with thy sword H2719 , nor H3808 W-NADV with thy bow H7198 .
13 And I have given H5414 you a land H776 GFS for which H834 RPRO ye did not H3808 ADV labor H3021 , and cities H5892 which H834 RPRO ye built H1129 not H3808 NADV , and ye dwell H3427 in them ; of the vineyards H3754 and oliveyards H2132 which H834 RPRO ye planted H5193 not H3808 ADV do ye H859 PPRO-2MS eat H398 .
14 Now therefore H6258 W-ADV fear H3372 the LORD H3068 EDS , and serve H5647 him in sincerity H8549 and in truth H571 : and put away H5493 the gods H430 EDP which H834 RPRO your fathers H1 served H5647 VQQ3MP on the other side H5676 of the flood H5104 D-NMS , and in Egypt H4714 ; and serve H5647 ye the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
15 And if H518 PART it seem evil H7489 unto you H5869 to serve H5647 the LORD H3068 EDS , choose H977 you this day H3117 D-AMS whom H4310 IPRO ye will serve H5647 ; whether H518 PART the gods H430 EDP which H834 RPRO your fathers H1 served H5647 VQQ3MP that H834 RPRO were on the other side H5676 of the flood H5104 D-NMS , or H518 PART the gods H430 NAME-4MP of the Amorites H567 D-TMS , in whose land H776 ye H859 PPRO-2MS dwell H3427 : but as for me H595 W-PPRO-1MS and my house H1004 , we will serve H5647 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
16 And the people H5971 answered H6030 W-VQY3MS and said H559 W-VQY3MS , God forbid H2486 IJEC-3FS that we should forsake H5800 the LORD H3068 EDS , to serve H5647 other H312 gods H430 EDP ;
17 For H3588 CONJ the LORD H3068 EDS our God H430 , he H1931 PPRO-3MS it is that brought H5927 us up and our fathers H1 out of the land H776 M-NFS of Egypt H4714 EFS , from the house H1004 of bondage H5650 NMP , and which H834 RPRO did H6213 VQQ3MS those H428 D-DPRO-3MP great H1419 signs H226 in our sight H5869 , and preserved H8104 us in all H3605 B-CMS the way H1870 D-NMS wherein H834 RPRO we went H1980 , and among all H3605 the people H5971 through H7130 whom we passed H5674 :
18 And the LORD H3068 EDS drove out H1644 W-VPQ3MS from before H6440 us all H3605 NMS the people H5971 , even the Amorites H567 D-TMS which dwelt H3427 VQPMS in the land H776 D-GFS : therefore will we H587 PPRO-1MP also H1571 CONJ serve H5647 the LORD H3068 EDS ; for H3588 CONJ he H1931 PPRO-3MS is our God H430 .
19 And Joshua H3091 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the people H5971 , Ye cannot H3808 NADV serve H5647 the LORD H3068 EDS : for H3588 CONJ he H1931 PPRO-3MS is a holy H6918 God H430 EDP ; he H1931 PPRO-3MS is a jealous H7072 God H410 NMS ; he will not H3808 ADV forgive H5375 VQY3MS your transgressions H6588 nor your sins H2403 .
20 If H3588 CONJ ye forsake H5800 the LORD H3068 EDS , and serve H5647 strange H5236 gods H430 CDP , then he will turn H7725 W-VQQ3MS and do you hurt H7489 , and consume H3615 you , after H310 PREP that H834 RPRO he hath done you good H3190 VHQ3MS .
21 And the people H5971 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Joshua H3091 , Nay H3808 NADV ; but H3588 CONJ we will serve H5647 the LORD H3068 EDS .
22 And Joshua H3091 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the people H5971 , Ye H859 PPRO-2MS are witnesses H5707 against yourselves that H3588 CONJ ye H859 PPRO-2MS have chosen H977 you the LORD H3068 EDS , to serve H5647 him . And they said H559 W-VQY3MS , We are witnesses H5707 .
23 Now H6258 W-ADV therefore put away H5493 , said he , the strange H5236 gods H430 CDP which H834 RPRO are among H7130 you , and incline H5186 your heart H3824 unto H413 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS God H430 CDP of Israel H3478 LMS .
24 And the people H5971 said H559 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP Joshua H3091 , The LORD H3068 EDS our God H430 will we serve H5647 , and his voice H6963 will we obey H8085 .
25 So Joshua H3091 made H3772 a covenant H1285 NFS with the people H5971 that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS day H3117 B-AMS , and set H7760 W-VQY3MS them a statute H2706 NMS and an ordinance H4941 W-NMS in Shechem H7927 .
26 And Joshua H3091 wrote H3789 these H428 D-DPRO-3MP words H1697 AMP in the book H5612 of the law H8451 CFS of God H430 EDP , and took H3947 W-VQY3MS a great H1419 AMS-3FS stone H68 GFS , and set it up H6965 there H8033 under H8478 NMS an oak H427 , that H834 RPRO was by the sanctuary H4720 of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
27 And Joshua H3091 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP all H3605 NMS the people H5971 , Behold H2009 IJEC , this H2063 D-DFS stone H68 shall be H1961 VQY2MS a witness H5713 unto us ; for H3588 CONJ it H1931 PPRO-3FS hath heard H8085 VQQ3FS all H3605 NMS the words H561 CMP of the LORD H3068 EDS which H834 RPRO he spoke H1696 VPQ3MS unto H5973 PREP-1MP us : it shall be H1961 W-VQQ3FS therefore a witness H5713 unto you , lest H6435 ye deny H3584 your God H430 .
28 So Joshua H3091 let the people H5971 depart H7971 W-VPY3MS , every man H376 NMS unto his inheritance H5159 .
29 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS after H310 ADV these H428 D-DPRO-3MP things H1697 AMP , that Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 , the servant H5650 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS , died H4191 W-VQY3MS , being a hundred H3967 MFS and ten H6235 years old H8141 .
30 And they buried H6912 him in the border H1366 of his inheritance H5159 in Timnathserah H8556 , which H834 RPRO is in mount H2022 Ephraim H669 , on the north side H6828 of the hill H2022 of Gaash H1608 .
31 And Israel H3478 served H5647 the LORD H3068 EDS all H3605 NMS the days H3117 CMP of Joshua H3091 , and all H3605 NMS the days H3117 CMP of the elders H2205 that H834 RPRO overlived H748 Joshua H3091 , and which H834 RPRO had known H3045 VQQ3MP all H3605 NMS the works H4639 M-CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS , that H834 RPRO he had done H6213 VQQ3MS for Israel H3478 .
32 And the bones H6106 of Joseph H3130 , which H834 RPRO the children H1121 CMP of Israel H3478 brought up H5927 out of Egypt H4714 M-TFS , buried H6912 they in Shechem H7927 , in a parcel H2513 of ground H7704 D-NMS which H834 RPRO Jacob H3290 bought H7069 of the sons H1121 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 CMS of Shechem H7928 for a hundred H3967 pieces of silver H7192 NFS : and it became H1961 W-VQY3MP the inheritance H5159 of the children H1121 of Joseph H3130 .
33 And Eleazar H499 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 died H4191 ; and they buried H6912 him in a hill H1389 that pertained to Phinehas H6372 his son H1121 CMS-3MS , which H834 RPRO was given H5414 him in mount H2022 Ephraim H669 .
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