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Selected Verse: Joshua 24:1 - Strong Concordance
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Jos 24:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And Joshua [03091] gathered [0622] all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to Shechem [07927], and called [07121] for the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860]; and they presented [03320] themselves before [06440] God [0430]. |
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King James |
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. |
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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
JOSHUA ASSEMBLING THE TRIBES. (Jos 24:1)
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem--Another and final opportunity of dissuading the people against idolatry is here described as taken by the aged leader, whose solicitude on this account arose from his knowledge of the extreme readiness of the people to conform to the manners of the surrounding nations. This address was made to the representatives of the people convened at Shechem, and which had already been the scene of a solemn renewal of the covenant (Jos 8:30, Jos 8:35). The transaction now to be entered upon being in principle and object the same, it was desirable to give it all the solemn impressiveness which might be derived from the memory of the former ceremonial, as well as from other sacred associations of the place (Gen 12:6-7; Gen 33:18-20; Gen 35:2-4).
they presented themselves before God--It is generally assumed that the ark of the covenant had been transferred on this occasion to Shechem; as on extraordinary emergencies it was for a time removed (Jdg. 20:1-18; Sa1 4:3; Sa2 15:24). But the statement, not necessarily implying this, may be viewed as expressing only the religious character of the ceremony [HENGSTENBERG]. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Shechem, situated between those mountains, Ebal and Gerizim, which had already been the scene of a solemn rehearsal of the covenant soon after the first entry of the people into the promised land Jos 8:30-35, was a fitting scene for the solemn renewal on the part of the people of that covenant with God which had been on His part so signally and so fully kept. The spot itself suggested the allusions to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, etc., in Joshua's address; and its associations could not but give special force and moving effect to his appeals. This address was not made to the rulers only but to the whole nation, not of course to the tribes assembled in mass, but to their representatives. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Renewal of the Covenant at the National Assembly in Shechem. - Jos 24:1. Joshua brought his public ministry to a close, as Moses had done before him, with a solemn renewal of the covenant with the Lord. For this solemn act he did not choose Shiloh, the site of the national sanctuary, as some MSS of the lxx read, but Shechem, a place which was sanctified as no other was for such a purpose as this by the most sacred reminiscences from the times of the patriarchs. He therefore summoned all the tribes of Israel, in their representatives (their elders, etc., as in Jos 23:2), to Shechem, not merely because it was at Shechem, i.e., on Gerizim and Ebal, that the solemn establishment of the law in the land of Canaan, to which the renewal of the covenant, as a repetition of the essential kernel of that solemn ceremony, was now to be appended, had first taken place, but still more because it was here that Abraham received the first promise from God after his migration into Canaan, and built an altar at the time (Gen 12:6-7); and most of all, as Hengstenberg has pointed out (Diss. ii. p. 12), because Jacob settled here on his return from Mesopotamia, and it was here that he purified his house from the strange gods, burying all their idols under the oak (Gen 33:19; Gen 35:2, Gen 35:4). As Jacob selected Shechem for the sanctification of his house, because this place was already consecrated by Abraham as a sanctuary of God, so Joshua chose the same place for the renewal of the covenant, because this act involved a practical renunciation on the part of Israel of all idolatry. Joshua expressly states this in Jos 24:23, and reference is also made to it in the account in Jos 24:26. "The exhortation to be faithful to the Lord, and to purify themselves from all idolatry, could not fail to make a deep impression, in the place where the honoured patriarch had done the very same things to which his descendants were exhorted here. The example preached more loudly in this spot than in any other" (Hengstenberg). "And they placed themselves before God." From the expression "before God," it by no means follows that the ark had been brought to Shechem, or, as Knobel supposes, that an altar was erected there, any more than from the statement in Jos 24:26 that it was "by the sanctuary of the Lord." For, in the first place, "before God" (Elohim) is not to be identified with "before Jehovah," which is used in Jos 18:6 and Jos 19:51 to denote the presence of the Lord above the ark of the covenant; and secondly, even "before Jehovah" does not always presuppose the presence of the ark of the covenant, as Hengstenberg has clearly shown. "Before God" simply denotes in a general sense the religious character of an act, or shows that the act was undertaken with a distinct reference to the omnipresent God; and in the case before us it may be attributed to the fact that Joshua delivered his exhortation to the people in the name of Jehovah, and commenced his address with the words, "Thus saith Jehovah."
(Note: "It is stated that they all stood before God, in order that the sanctity and religious character of the assembly may be the more distinctly shown. And there can be no doubt that the name of God was solemnly invoked by Joshua, and that he addressed the people as in the sight of God, so that each one might feel for himself that God was presiding over all that was transacted there, and that they were not engaged in any merely private affair, but were entering into a sacred and inviolable compact with God himself." - Calvin.)
Jos 24:2-15
Joshua's address contains an expansion of two thoughts. He first of all recalls to the recollection of the whole nation, whom he is addressing in the persons of its representatives, all the proofs of His mercy which the Lord had given, from the calling of Abraham to that day (Jos 24:2-13); and then because of these divine acts he calls upon the people to renounce all idolatry, and to serve God the Lord alone (Jos 24:14, Jos 24:15). Jehovah is described as the "God of Israel" both at the commencement (Jos 24:2) and also at the close of the whole transaction, in perfect accordance with the substance and object of the address, which is occupied throughout with the goodness conferred by God upon the race of Israel. The first practical proof of the grace of God towards Israel, was the calling of Abraham from his idolatrous associations, and his introduction to the land of Canaan, where the Lord so multiplied his seed, that Esau received the mountains of Seir for his family, whilst Jacob went into Egypt with his sons.
(Note: "He commences with their gratuitous training, by which God had precluded them from the possibility of boasting of any pre-eminence or merit. For God had bound them to himself by a closer bond, because when they were on an equality with others, He drew them to himself to be His own peculiar people, for no other reason than His own good pleasure. Moreover, in order that it may be clearly seen that they have nothing whereof to glory, he leads them back to their earliest origin, and relates how their fathers had dwelt in Chaldaea, worshipping idols in common with the rest, and with nothing to distinguish them from the crowd." - Calvin.)
The ancestors of Israel dwelt "from eternity," i.e., from time immemorial, on the other side of the stream (the Euphrates), viz., in Ur of the Chaldees, and then at Haran in Mesopotamia (Gen 11:28, Gen 11:31), namely Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor. Of Terah's three sons (Gen 11:27), Nahor is mentioned as well as Abraham, because Rebekah, and her nieces Leah and Rachel, the tribe-mothers of Israel, were descended from him (Gen 22:23; Gen 29:10, Gen 29:16.). And they (your fathers, Terah and his family) served other gods than Jehovah, who revealed himself to Abraham, and brought him from his father's house to Canaan. Nothing definite can be gathered from the expression "other gods," with reference to the gods worshipped by Terah and his family; nor is there anything further to be found respecting them throughout the whole of the Old Testament. We simply learn from Gen 31:19, Gen 31:34, that Laban had teraphim, i.e., penates, or household and oracular gods.
(Note: According to one tradition, Abraham was brought up in Sabaeism in his father's house (see Hottinger, Histor. Orient. p. 246, and Philo, in several passages of his works); and according to another, in the Targum Jonathan on Gen 11:23, and in the later Rabbins, Abraham had to suffer persecution on account of his dislike to idolatry, and was obliged to leave his native land in consequence. But these traditions are both of them nothing more than conjectures by the later Rabbins.)
The question also, whether Abraham was an idolater before his call, which has been answered in different ways, cannot be determined with certainty. We may conjecture, however, that he was not deeply sunk in idolatry, though he had not remained entirely free from it in his father's house; and therefore that his call is not to be regarded as a reward for his righteousness before God, but as an act of free unmerited grace.
Jos 24:3-4
After his call, God conducted Abraham through all the land of Canaan (see Gen 12), protecting and shielding him, and multiplied his seed, giving him Isaac, and giving to Isaac Jacob and Esau, the ancestors of two nations. To the latter He gave the mountains of Seir for a possession (Gen 36:6.), that Jacob might receive Canaan for his descendants as a sole possession. But instead of mentioning this, Joshua took for granted that his hearers were well acquainted with the history of the patriarchs, and satisfied himself with mentioning the migration of Jacob and his sons to Egypt, that he might pass at once to the second great practical proof of the mercy of God in the guidance of Israel, the miraculous deliverance of Israel out of the bondage and oppression of Egypt.
Jos 24:5-7
Of this also he merely mentions the leading points, viz., first of all, the sending of Moses and Aaron (Exo 3:10., Jos 4:14.), and then the plagues inflicted upon Egypt. "I smote Egypt," i.e., both land and people. נגף is used in Exo 8:2 and Exo 12:23, Exo 12:27, in connection with the plague of frogs and the slaying of the first-born in Egypt. The words which follow, "according to that which I did among them, and afterward I brought you out," point back to Exo 3:20, and show that the Lord had fulfilled the promise given to Moses at his call. He then refers (Jos 24:6, Jos 24:7) to the miraculous deliverance of the Israelites, as they came out of Egypt, from Pharaoh who pursued them with his army, giving especial prominence to the crying of the Israelites to the Lord in their distress (Exo 14:10), and the relief of that distress by the angel of the Lord (Exo 14:19-20). And lastly, he notices their dwelling in the wilderness "many days," i.e., forty years (Num 14:33).
Jos 24:8-10
The third great act of God for Israel was his giving up the Amorites into the hands of the Israelites, so that they were able to conquer their land (Num 21:21-35), and the frustration of the attack made by Balak king of the Moabites, through the instrumentality of Balaam, when the Lord did not allow him to curse Israel, but compelled him to bless (Num 22-24). Balak "warred against Israel," not with the sword, but with the weapons of the curse, or animo et voluntate (Vatabl.). "I would not hearken unto Balaam," i.e., would not comply with his wish, but compelled him to submit to my will, and to bless you; "and delivered you out of his (Balak's) hand," when he sought to destroy Israel through the medium of Balaam (Num 22:6, Num 22:11).
Jos 24:11-13
The last and greatest benefit which the Lord conferred upon the Israelites, was His leading them by miracles of His omnipotence across the Jordan into Canaan, delivering the Lords (or possessors) of Jericho," not "the rulers, i.e., the king and his heroes," as Knobel maintains (see Sa2 21:12; Sa1 23:11-12; and the commentary on Jdg 9:6), "and all the tribes of Canaan into their hand," and sending hornets before them, so that they were able to drive out the Canaanites, particularly the two kings of the Amorites, Sihon and Og, though "not with their sword and their bow" (vid., Psa 44:4); i.e., it was not with the weapons at their command that they were able to take the lands of these two kings. On the sending of hornets, as a figure used to represent peculiarly effective terrors, see at Exo 23:28; Deu 7:20. In this way the Lord gave the land to the Israelites, with its towns and its rich productions (vineyards and olive trees), without any trouble on their part of wearisome cultivation or planting, as Moses himself had promised them (Deu 6:10-11).
Jos 24:14-15
These overwhelming manifestations of grace on the part of the Lord laid Israel under obligations to serve the Lord with gratitude and sincerity. "Now therefore fear the Lord (יראוּ for יראוּ, pointed like a verb הל, as in Sa1 12:24; Psa 34:10), and serve Him in sincerity and in truth," i.e., without hypocrisy, or the show of piety, in simplicity and truth of heart (vid., Jdg 9:16, Jdg 9:19). "Put away the gods (Elohim = the strange gods in Jos 24:23) which your fathers served on the other side of the Euphrates and in Egypt." This appeal does not presuppose any gross idolatry on the part of the existing generation, which would have been at variance with the rest of the book, in which Israel is represented as only serving Jehovah during the lifetime of Joshua. If the people had been in possession of idols, they would have given them up to Joshua to be destroyed, as they promised to comply with his demand (Jos 24:16.). But even if the Israelites were not addicted to gross idolatry in the worship of idols, they were not altogether free from idolatry either in Egypt or in the desert. As their fathers were possessed of teraphim in Mesopotamia (see at Jos 24:2), so the Israelites had not kept themselves entirely free from heathen and idolatrous ways, more especially the demon-worship of Egypt (comp. Lev 17:7 with Eze 20:7., Jos 23:3, Jos 23:8, and Amo 5:26); and even in the time of Joshua their worship of Jehovah may have been corrupted by idolatrous elements. This admixture of the pure and genuine worship of Jehovah with idolatrous or heathen elements, which is condemned in Lev 17:7 as the worship of Seirim, and by Ezekiel (l. c.) as the idolatrous worship of the people in Egypt, had its roots in the corruption of the natural heart, through which it is at all times led to make to itself idols of mammon, worldly lusts, and other impure thoughts and desires, to which it cleaves, without being able to tear itself entirely away from them. This more refined idolatry might degenerate in the case of many persons into the grosser worship of idols, so that Joshua had ample ground for admonishing the people to put away the strange gods, and serve the Lord.
Jos 24:15
But as the true worship of the living God must have its roots in the heart, and spring from the heart, and therefore cannot be forced by prohibitions and commands, Joshua concluded by calling upon the representatives of the nation, in case they were not inclined ("if it seem evil unto you") to serve Jehovah, to choose now this day the gods whom they would serve, whether the gods of their fathers in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land they were now dwelling, though he and his house would serve the Lord. There is no necessity to adduce any special proofs that this appeal was not intended to release them from the obligation to serve Jehovah, but rather contained the strongest admonition to remain faithful to the Lord.
Jos 24:16-18
The people responded to this appeal by declaring, with an expression of horror at idolatry, their hearty resolution to serve the Lord, who was their God, and had shown them such great mercies. The words, "that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage," call to mind the words appended to the first commandment (Exo 20:2; Deu 5:6), which they hereby promise to observe. With the clause which follows, "who did those great signs in our sight," etc., they declare their assent to all that Joshua had called to their mind in Jos 24:3-13. "We also" (Jos 24:18), as well as thou and thy house (Jos 24:15). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
All Israel - Namely, their representatives. Shechem - To the city of Shechem, a place convenient for the purpose, not only because it was a Levitical city, and a city of refuge, and a place near Joshua's city, but especially for the two main ends for which he summoned them thither. For the solemn burial of the bones of Joseph, and the rest of the patriarchs, for which this place was designed. For the solemn renewing of their covenant with God; which in this place was first made between God and Abraham, Gen 12:6-7, and afterwards renewed by the Israelites at their first entrance into the land of Canaan, between the two mountains of Ebal and Gerizzim, Jos 8:30, &c. which were very near Shechem: and therefore this place was most proper, both to remind them of their former obligations to God, and to engage them to a farther ratification of them. Before God - As in God's presence, to hear what Joshua was to speak to them in God's name, and to receive God's commands from his mouth. He had taken a solemn farewell before: but as God renewed his strength, he desired to improve it for their good. We must never think our work for God done, 'till our life is done. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Joshua gathered all the tribes - This must have been a different assembly from that mentioned in the preceding chapter, though probably held not long after the former.
To Shechem - As it is immediately added that they presented themselves before God, this must mean the tabernacle; but at this time the tabernacle was not at Shechem but at Shiloh. The Septuagint appear to have been struck with this difficulty, and therefore read Σηλω. Shiloh, both here and in Jos 24:25, though the Aldine and Complutensian editions have Συχεμ, Shechem, in both places. Many suppose that this is the original reading, and that Shechem has crept into the text instead of Shiloh. Perhaps there is more of imaginary than real difficulty in the text. As Joshua was now old and incapable of travelling, he certainly had a right to assemble the representatives of the tribes wherever he found most convenient, and to bring the ark of the covenant to the place of assembling: and this was probably done on this occasion. Shechem is a place famous in the patriarchal history. Here Abraham settled on his first coming into the land of Canaan, Gen 12:6, Gen 12:7; and here the patriarchs were buried, Act 7:16. And as Shechem lay between Ebal and Gerizim, where Joshua had before made a covenant with the people, Jos 8:30, etc., the very circumstance of the place would be undoubtedly friendly to the solemnity of the present occasion. Shuckford supposes that the covenant was made at Shechem, and that the people went to Shiloh to confirm it before the Lord. Mr. Mede thinks the Ephraimites had a proseucha, or temporary oratory or house of prayer, at Shechem, whither the people resorted for Divine worship when they could not get to the tabernacle; and that this is what is called before the Lord; but this conjecture seems not at all likely, God having forbidden this kind of worship. |
24 And lo Zadok [06659] also, and all the Levites [03881] were with him, bearing [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of God [0430]: and they set down [03332] the ark [0727] of God [0430]; and Abiathar [054] went up [05927], until all the people [05971] had done [08552] passing [05674] out of the city [05892].
3 And when the people [05971] were come [0935] into the camp [04264], the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Wherefore hath the LORD [03068] smitten [05062] us to day [03117] before [06440] the Philistines [06430]? Let us fetch [03947] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] out of Shiloh [07887] unto us, that, when it cometh [0935] among [07130] us, it may save [03467] us out of the hand [03709] of our enemies [0341].
2 Then Jacob [03290] said [0559] unto his household [01004], and to all that were with him, Put away [05493] the strange [05236] gods [0430] that are among you [08432], and be clean [02891], and change [02498] your garments [08071]:
3 And let us arise [06965], and go up [05927] to Bethel [01008]; and I will make [06213] there an altar [04196] unto God [0410], who answered [06030] me in the day [03117] of my distress [06869], and was with me in the way [01870] which I went [01980].
4 And they gave [05414] unto Jacob [03290] all the strange [05236] gods [0430] which were in their hand [03027], and all their earrings [05141] which were in their ears [0241]; and Jacob [03290] hid [02934] them under the oak [0424] which was by Shechem [07927].
18 And Jacob [03290] came [0935] to Shalem [08004], a city [05892] of Shechem [07927], which is in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], when he came [0935] from Padanaram [06307]; and pitched his tent [02583] before [06440] the city [05892].
19 And he bought [07069] a parcel [02513] of a field [07704], where he had spread [05186] his tent [0168], at the hand [03027] of the children [01121] of Hamor [02544], Shechem's [07927] father [01], for an hundred [03967] pieces of money [07192].
20 And he erected [05324] there an altar [04196], and called it [07121] Elelohe-Israel [0415].
6 And Abram [087] passed through [05674] the land [0776] unto the place [04725] of Sichem [07927], unto the plain [0436] of Moreh [04176]. And the Canaanite [03669] was then [0227] in the land [0776].
7 And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto Abram [087], and said [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] will I give [05414] this [02063] land [0776]: and there builded [01129] he an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068], who appeared [07200] unto him.
35 There was not a word [01697] of all that Moses [04872] commanded [06680], which Joshua [03091] read [07121] not before all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478], with the women [0802], and the little ones [02945], and the strangers [01616] that were conversant [01980] among [07130] them.
30 Then Joshua [03091] built [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] in mount [02022] Ebal [05858],
1 And Joshua [03091] gathered [0622] all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to Shechem [07927], and called [07121] for the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860]; and they presented [03320] themselves before [06440] God [0430].
30 Then Joshua [03091] built [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] in mount [02022] Ebal [05858],
31 As Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], as it is written [03789] in the book [05612] of the law [08451] of Moses [04872], an altar [04196] of whole [08003] stones [068], over which no man hath lift up [05130] any iron [01270]: and they offered [05927] thereon burnt offerings [05930] unto the LORD [03068], and sacrificed [02076] peace offerings [08002].
32 And he wrote [03789] there upon the stones [068] a copy [04932] of the law [08451] of Moses [04872], which he wrote [03789] in the presence [06440] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
33 And all Israel [03478], and their elders [02205], and officers [07860], and their judges [08199], stood [05975] on this side the ark [0727] and on that side before the priests [03548] the Levites [03881], which bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068], as well the stranger [01616], as he that was born [0249] among them; half [02677] of them over [0413] against [04136] mount [02022] Gerizim [01630], and half [02677] of them over against [04136] mount [02022] Ebal [05858]; as Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] had commanded [06680] before [07223], that they should bless [01288] the people [05971] of Israel [03478].
34 And afterward [0310] he read [07121] all the words [01697] of the law [08451], the blessings [01293] and cursings [07045], according to all that is written [03789] in the book [05612] of the law [08451].
35 There was not a word [01697] of all that Moses [04872] commanded [06680], which Joshua [03091] read [07121] not before all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478], with the women [0802], and the little ones [02945], and the strangers [01616] that were conversant [01980] among [07130] them.
15 And if it seem evil [07489] unto you [04310] to serve [05647] the LORD [03068], choose [0977] you this day [03117] whom [05869] ye will serve [05647]; whether the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] 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]: but as for me and my house [01004], we will serve [05647] the LORD [03068].
18 And the LORD [03068] drave out [01644] from before [06440] us all the people [05971], even the Amorites [0567] which dwelt [03427] in the land [0776]: therefore will we also serve [05647] the LORD [03068]; for he is our God [0430].
3 And I took [03947] your father [01] Abraham [085] from the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], and led [03212] him throughout all the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], and multiplied [07235] his seed [02233], and gave [05414] him Isaac [03327].
4 And I gave [05414] unto Isaac [03327] Jacob [03290] and Esau [06215]: and I gave [05414] unto Esau [06215] mount [02022] Seir [08165], to possess [03423] it; but Jacob [03290] and his children [01121] went down [03381] into Egypt [04714].
5 I sent [07971] Moses [04872] also and Aaron [0175], and I plagued [05062] Egypt [04714], according to that which [0834] I did [06213] among [07130] them: and afterward [0310] I brought you out [03318].
6 And I brought [03318] your fathers [01] out of Egypt [04714]: and ye came [0935] unto the sea [03220]; and the Egyptians [04714] pursued [07291] after [0310] your fathers [01] with chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571] unto the Red [05488] sea [03220].
7 And when they cried [06817] unto the LORD [03068], he put [07760] darkness [03990] between you and the Egyptians [04713], and brought [0935] the sea [03220] upon them, and covered [03680] them; and your eyes [05869] have seen [07200] what I have done [06213] in Egypt [04714]: and ye dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057] a long [07227] season [03117].
8 And I brought [0935] you into the land [0776] of the Amorites [0567], which dwelt [03427] on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383]; and they fought [03898] with you: and I gave [05414] them into your hand [03027], that ye might possess [03423] their land [0776]; and I destroyed [08045] them from before [06440] you.
9 Then Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834], king [04428] of Moab [04124], arose [06965] and warred [03898] against Israel [03478], and sent [07971] and called [07121] Balaam [01109] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] to curse [07043] you:
10 But I would [014] not hearken [08085] unto Balaam [01109]; therefore he blessed [01288] you still [01288]: so I delivered [05337] you out of his hand [03027].
11 And ye went over [05674] Jordan [03383], and came [0935] unto Jericho [03405]: and the men [01167] of Jericho [03405] fought [03898] 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] them into your hand [03027].
12 And I sent [07971] the hornet [06880] before [06440] you, which drave them out [01644] 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].
13 And I have given [05414] you a land [0776] for which ye did not labour [03021], and cities [05892] which ye built [01129] not, and ye dwell [03427] in them; of the vineyards [03754] and oliveyards [02132] which ye planted [05193] not do ye eat [0398].
6 I am the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], which brought thee out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], from the house [01004] of bondage [05650].
2 I am the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], which have brought [03318] thee out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], out of the house [01004] of bondage [05650].
16 And the people [05971] answered [06030] and said [0559], God forbid [02486] that we should forsake [05800] the LORD [03068], to serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430];
17 For the LORD [03068] our God [0430], he it is that brought us up [05927] and our fathers [01] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], from the house [01004] of bondage [05650], and which did [06213] those great [01419] signs [0226] in our sight [05869], and preserved [08104] us in all the way [01870] wherein we went [01980], and among all the people [05971] through [07130] whom we passed [05674]:
18 And the LORD [03068] drave out [01644] from before [06440] us all the people [05971], even the Amorites [0567] which dwelt [03427] in the land [0776]: therefore will we also serve [05647] the LORD [03068]; for he is our God [0430].
15 And if it seem evil [07489] unto you [04310] to serve [05647] the LORD [03068], choose [0977] you this day [03117] whom [05869] ye will serve [05647]; whether the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] 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]: but as for me and my house [01004], we will serve [05647] the LORD [03068].
7 And they shall no more offer [02076] their sacrifices [02077] unto devils [08163], after [0310] whom they have gone a whoring [02181]. This shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] unto them throughout their generations [01755].
26 But ye have borne [05375] the tabernacle [05522] of your Moloch [04428] and Chiun [03594] your images [06754], the star [03556] of your god [0430], which ye made [06213] to yourselves.
8 But cleave [01692] unto the LORD [03068] your God [0430], as ye have done [06213] unto this day [03117].
3 And ye have seen [07200] all that the LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath done [06213] unto all these nations [01471] because [06440] of you; for the LORD [03068] your God [0430] is he that hath fought [03898] for you.
7 Then said [0559] I unto them, Cast ye away [07993] every man [0376] the abominations [08251] of his eyes [05869], and defile [02930] not yourselves with the idols [01544] of Egypt [04714]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
7 And they shall no more offer [02076] their sacrifices [02077] unto devils [08163], after [0310] whom they have gone a whoring [02181]. This shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] unto them throughout their generations [01755].
2 And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto all the people [05971], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Your fathers [01] dwelt [03427] 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] other [0312] gods [0430].
16 And the people [05971] answered [06030] and said [0559], God forbid [02486] that we should forsake [05800] the LORD [03068], to serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430];
23 Now therefore put away [05493], said he, the strange [05236] gods [0430] which are among [07130] you, and incline [05186] your heart [03824] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478].
19 If ye then have dealt [06213] truly [0571] and sincerely [08549] with Jerubbaal [03378] and with his house [01004] this day [03117], then rejoice [08055] ye in Abimelech [040], and let him also rejoice [08055] in you:
16 Now therefore, if ye have done [06213] truly [0571] and sincerely [08549], in that ye have made Abimelech [040] king [04427], and if ye have dealt [06213] well [02896] with Jerubbaal [03378] and his house [01004], and have done [06213] unto him according to the deserving [01576] of his hands [03027];
10 The young lions [03715] do lack [07326], and suffer hunger [07456]: but they that seek [01875] the LORD [03068] shall not want [02637] any good [02896] thing.
24 Only fear [03372] the LORD [03068], and serve [05647] him in truth [0571] with all your heart [03824]: for consider [07200] how great things he hath done [01431] for you.
14 Now therefore fear [03372] the LORD [03068], and serve [05647] him in sincerity [08549] and in truth [0571]: and put away [05493] the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] on the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], and in Egypt [04714]; and serve [05647] ye the LORD [03068].
15 And if it seem evil [07489] unto you [04310] to serve [05647] the LORD [03068], choose [0977] you this day [03117] whom [05869] ye will serve [05647]; whether the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] 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]: but as for me and my house [01004], we will serve [05647] the LORD [03068].
10 And it shall be, when the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall have brought [0935] thee into the land [0776] which he sware [07650] unto thy fathers [01], to Abraham [085], to Isaac [03327], and to Jacob [03290], to give [05414] thee great [01419] and goodly [02896] cities [05892], which thou buildedst [01129] not,
11 And houses [01004] full [04392] of all good [02898] things, which thou filledst [04390] not, and wells [0953] digged [02672], which thou diggedst [02672] not, vineyards [03754] and olive trees [02132], which thou plantedst [05193] not; when thou shalt have eaten [0398] and be full [07646];
20 Moreover the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] will send [07971] the hornet [06880] among them, until they that are left [07604], and hide [05641] themselves from [06440] thee, be destroyed [06].
28 And I will send [07971] hornets [06880] before [06440] thee, which shall drive out [01644] the Hivite [02340], the Canaanite [03669], and the Hittite [02850], from before [06440] thee.
4 Thou art my King [04428], O God [0430]: command [06680] deliverances [03444] for Jacob [03290].
6 And all the men [01167] of Shechem [07927] gathered together [0622], and all the house [01004] of Millo [04407] [01037], and went [03212], and made [04427] Abimelech [040] king [04428], by the plain [0436] of the pillar [05324] that was in Shechem [07927].
11 Will the men [01167] of Keilah [07084] deliver me up [05462] into his hand [03027]? will Saul [07586] come down [03381], as thy servant [05650] hath heard [08085]? O LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I beseech thee, tell [05046] thy servant [05650]. And the LORD [03068] said [0559], He will come down [03381].
12 Then said [0559] David [01732], Will the men [01167] of Keilah [07084] deliver [05462] me and my men [0582] into the hand [03027] of Saul [07586]? And the LORD [03068] said [0559], They will deliver thee up [05462].
12 And David [01732] went [03212] and took [03947] the bones [06106] of Saul [07586] and the bones [06106] of Jonathan [03083] his son [01121] from the men [01167] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568], which had stolen [01589] them from the street [07339] of Bethshan [01052], where the Philistines [06430] had hanged [08511] [08518] them, when [03117] the Philistines [06430] had slain [05221] Saul [07586] in Gilboa [01533]:
11 And ye went over [05674] Jordan [03383], and came [0935] unto Jericho [03405]: and the men [01167] of Jericho [03405] fought [03898] 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] them into your hand [03027].
12 And I sent [07971] the hornet [06880] before [06440] you, which drave them out [01644] 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].
13 And I have given [05414] you a land [0776] for which ye did not labour [03021], and cities [05892] which ye built [01129] not, and ye dwell [03427] in them; of the vineyards [03754] and oliveyards [02132] which ye planted [05193] not do ye eat [0398].
11 Behold, there is a people [05971] come out [03318] of Egypt [04714], which covereth [03680] the face [05869] of the earth [0776]: come [03212] now, curse [06895] me them; peradventure I shall be able [03201] to overcome [03898] them, and drive them out [01644].
6 Come [03212] now therefore, I pray thee, curse [0779] me this people [05971]; for they are too mighty [06099] for me: peradventure I shall prevail [03201], that we may smite [05221] them, and that I may drive them out [01644] of the land [0776]: for I wot [03045] that he whom thou blessest [01288] is blessed [01288], and he whom thou cursest [0779] is cursed [0779].
21 And Israel [03478] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], saying [0559],
22 Let me pass [05674] through thy land [0776]: we will not turn [05186] into the fields [07704], or into the vineyards [03754]; we will not drink [08354] of the waters [04325] of the well [0875]: but we will go along [03212] by the king's [04428] high way [01870], until we be past [05674] thy borders [01366].
23 And Sihon [05511] would not suffer [05414] Israel [03478] to pass [05674] through his border [01366]: but Sihon [05511] gathered [0622] all his people [05971] together [0622], and went out [03318] against [07125] Israel [03478] into the wilderness [04057]: and he came [0935] to Jahaz [03096], and fought [03898] against Israel [03478].
24 And Israel [03478] smote [05221] him with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and possessed [03423] his land [0776] from Arnon [0769] unto Jabbok [02999], even unto the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]: for the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] was strong [05794].
25 And Israel [03478] took [03947] all these cities [05892]: and Israel [03478] dwelt [03427] in all the cities [05892] of the Amorites [0567], in Heshbon [02809], and in all the villages [01323] thereof.
26 For Heshbon [02809] was the city [05892] of Sihon [05511] the king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], who had fought [03898] against the former [07223] king [04428] of Moab [04124], and taken [03947] all his land [0776] out of his hand [03027], even unto Arnon [0769].
27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs [04911] say [0559], Come [0935] into Heshbon [02809], let the city [05892] of Sihon [05511] be built [01129] and prepared [03559]:
28 For there is a fire [0784] gone out [03318] of Heshbon [02809], a flame [03852] from the city [07151] of Sihon [05511]: it hath consumed [0398] Ar [06144] of Moab [04124], and the lords of the high places [01181] of Arnon [0769].
29 Woe [0188] to thee, Moab [04124]! thou art undone [06], O people [05971] of Chemosh [03645]: he hath given [05414] his sons [01121] that escaped [06412], and his daughters [01323], into captivity [07622] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567].
30 We have shot [03384] at them; Heshbon [02809] is perished [06] even unto Dibon [01769], and we have laid them waste [08074] even unto Nophah [05302], which reacheth unto Medeba [04311].
31 Thus Israel [03478] dwelt [03427] in the land [0776] of the Amorites [0567].
32 And Moses [04872] sent [07971] to spy out [07270] Jaazer [03270], and they took [03920] the villages [01323] thereof, and drove out [03423] [03423] the Amorites [0567] that were there.
33 And they turned [06437] and went up [05927] by the way [01870] of Bashan [01316]: and Og [05747] the king [04428] of Bashan [01316] went out [03318] against [07125] them, he, and all his people [05971], to the battle [04421] at Edrei [0154].
34 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Fear [03372] him not: for I have delivered [05414] him into thy hand [03027], and all his people [05971], and his land [0776]; and thou shalt do [06213] to him as thou didst [06213] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which dwelt [03427] at Heshbon [02809].
35 So they smote [05221] him, and his sons [01121], and all his people [05971], until there was none [01115] left [07604] him alive [08300]: and they possessed [03423] his land [0776].
8 And I brought [0935] you into the land [0776] of the Amorites [0567], which dwelt [03427] on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383]; and they fought [03898] with you: and I gave [05414] them into your hand [03027], that ye might possess [03423] their land [0776]; and I destroyed [08045] them from before [06440] you.
9 Then Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834], king [04428] of Moab [04124], arose [06965] and warred [03898] against Israel [03478], and sent [07971] and called [07121] Balaam [01109] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] to curse [07043] you:
10 But I would [014] not hearken [08085] unto Balaam [01109]; therefore he blessed [01288] you still [01288]: so I delivered [05337] you out of his hand [03027].
33 And your children [01121] shall wander [07462] in the wilderness [04057] forty [0705] years [08141], and bear [05375] your whoredoms [02184], until your carcases [06297] be wasted [08552] in the wilderness [04057].
19 And the angel [04397] of God [0430], which went [01980] before [06440] the camp [04264] of Israel [03478], removed [05265] and went [03212] behind [0310] them; and the pillar [05982] of the cloud [06051] went [05265] from before their face [06440], and stood [05975] behind [0310] them:
20 And it came [0935] between the camp [04264] of the Egyptians [04714] and the camp [04264] of Israel [03478]; and it was a cloud [06051] and darkness [02822] to them, but it gave light [0215] by night [03915] to these: so that the one came not near [07126] the other [02088] all the night [03915].
10 And when Pharaoh [06547] drew nigh [07126], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] lifted up [05375] their eyes [05869], and, behold, the Egyptians [04714] marched [05265] after [0310] them; and they were sore [03966] afraid [03372]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried out [06817] unto the LORD [03068].
7 And when they cried [06817] unto the LORD [03068], he put [07760] darkness [03990] between you and the Egyptians [04713], and brought [0935] the sea [03220] upon them, and covered [03680] them; and your eyes [05869] have seen [07200] what I have done [06213] in Egypt [04714]: and ye dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057] a long [07227] season [03117].
6 And I brought [03318] your fathers [01] out of Egypt [04714]: and ye came [0935] unto the sea [03220]; and the Egyptians [04714] pursued [07291] after [0310] your fathers [01] with chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571] unto the Red [05488] sea [03220].
20 And I will stretch out [07971] my hand [03027], and smite [05221] Egypt [04714] with all my wonders [06381] which I will do [06213] in the midst [07130] thereof: and after [0310] that he will let you go [07971].
27 That ye shall say [0559], It is the sacrifice [02077] of the LORD'S [03068] passover [06453], who passed [06452] over the houses [01004] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in Egypt [04714], when he smote [05062] the Egyptians [04714], and delivered [05337] our houses [01004]. And the people [05971] bowed the head [06915] and worshipped [07812].
23 For the LORD [03068] will pass through [05674] to smite [05062] the Egyptians [04714]; and when he seeth [07200] the blood [01818] upon the lintel [04947], and on the two [08147] side posts [04201], the LORD [03068] will pass over [06452] the door [06607], and will not suffer [05414] the destroyer [07843] to come [0935] in unto your houses [01004] to smite [05062] you.
2 And if thou refuse [03986] to let them go [07971], behold, I will smite [05062] all thy borders [01366] with frogs [06854]:
14 On that day [03117] the LORD [03068] magnified [01431] Joshua [03091] in the sight [05869] of all Israel [03478]; and they feared [03372] him, as they feared [03372] Moses [04872], all the days [03117] of his life [02416].
10 Come [03212] now therefore, and I will send [07971] thee unto Pharaoh [06547], that thou mayest bring forth [03318] my people [05971] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] out of Egypt [04714].
5 I sent [07971] Moses [04872] also and Aaron [0175], and I plagued [05062] Egypt [04714], according to that which [0834] I did [06213] among [07130] them: and afterward [0310] I brought you out [03318].
6 And I brought [03318] your fathers [01] out of Egypt [04714]: and ye came [0935] unto the sea [03220]; and the Egyptians [04714] pursued [07291] after [0310] your fathers [01] with chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571] unto the Red [05488] sea [03220].
7 And when they cried [06817] unto the LORD [03068], he put [07760] darkness [03990] between you and the Egyptians [04713], and brought [0935] the sea [03220] upon them, and covered [03680] them; and your eyes [05869] have seen [07200] what I have done [06213] in Egypt [04714]: and ye dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057] a long [07227] season [03117].
6 And Esau [06215] took [03947] his wives [0802], and his sons [01121], and his daughters [01323], and all the persons [05315] of his house [01004], and his cattle [04735], and all his beasts [0929], and all his substance [07075], which he had got [07408] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]; and went [03212] into the country [0776] from the face [06440] of his brother [0251] Jacob [03290].
3 And I took [03947] your father [01] Abraham [085] from the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], and led [03212] him throughout all the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], and multiplied [07235] his seed [02233], and gave [05414] him Isaac [03327].
4 And I gave [05414] unto Isaac [03327] Jacob [03290] and Esau [06215]: and I gave [05414] unto Esau [06215] mount [02022] Seir [08165], to possess [03423] it; but Jacob [03290] and his children [01121] went down [03381] into Egypt [04714].
23 And Serug [08286] lived [02421] after [0310] he begat [03205] Nahor [05152] two hundred [03967] years [08141], and begat [03205] sons [01121] and daughters [01323].
34 Now Rachel [07354] had taken [03947] the images [08655], and put [07760] them in the camel's [01581] furniture [03733], and sat [03427] upon them. And Laban [03837] searched [04959] all the tent [0168], but found [04672] them not.
19 And Laban [03837] went [01980] to shear [01494] his sheep [06629]: and Rachel [07354] had stolen [01589] the images [08655] that were her father's [01].
16 And Laban [03837] had two [08147] daughters [01323]: the name [08034] of the elder [01419] was Leah [03812], and the name [08034] of the younger [06996] was Rachel [07354].
10 And it came to pass, when Jacob [03290] saw [07200] Rachel [07354] the daughter [01323] of Laban [03837] his mother's [0517] brother [0251], and the sheep [06629] of Laban [03837] his mother's [0517] brother [0251], that Jacob [03290] went near [05066], and rolled [01556] the stone [068] from the well's [0875] mouth [06310], and watered [08248] the flock [06629] of Laban [03837] his mother's [0517] brother [0251].
23 And Bethuel [01328] begat [03205] Rebekah [07259]: these eight [08083] Milcah [04435] did bear [03205] to Nahor [05152], Abraham's [085] brother [0251].
27 Now these are the generations [08435] of Terah [08646]: Terah [08646] begat [03205] Abram [087], Nahor [05152], and Haran [02039]; and Haran [02039] begat [03205] Lot [03876].
31 And Terah [08646] took [03947] Abram [087] his son [01121], and Lot [03876] the son [01121] of Haran [02039] his son's [01121] son [01121], and Sarai [08297] his daughter in law [03618], his son [01121] Abram's [087] wife [0802]; and they went forth [03318] with them from Ur [0218] of the Chaldees [03778], to go [03212] into the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]; and they came [0935] unto Haran [02771], and dwelt [03427] there.
28 And Haran [02039] died [04191] before [06440] his father [01] Terah [08646] in the land [0776] of his nativity [04138], in Ur [0218] of the Chaldees [03778].
2 And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto all the people [05971], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Your fathers [01] dwelt [03427] 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] other [0312] gods [0430].
15 And if it seem evil [07489] unto you [04310] to serve [05647] the LORD [03068], choose [0977] you this day [03117] whom [05869] ye will serve [05647]; whether the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] 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]: but as for me and my house [01004], we will serve [05647] the LORD [03068].
14 Now therefore fear [03372] the LORD [03068], and serve [05647] him in sincerity [08549] and in truth [0571]: and put away [05493] the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] on the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], and in Egypt [04714]; and serve [05647] ye the LORD [03068].
2 And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto all the people [05971], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Your fathers [01] dwelt [03427] 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] other [0312] gods [0430].
3 And I took [03947] your father [01] Abraham [085] from the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], and led [03212] him throughout all the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], and multiplied [07235] his seed [02233], and gave [05414] him Isaac [03327].
4 And I gave [05414] unto Isaac [03327] Jacob [03290] and Esau [06215]: and I gave [05414] unto Esau [06215] mount [02022] Seir [08165], to possess [03423] it; but Jacob [03290] and his children [01121] went down [03381] into Egypt [04714].
5 I sent [07971] Moses [04872] also and Aaron [0175], and I plagued [05062] Egypt [04714], according to that which [0834] I did [06213] among [07130] them: and afterward [0310] I brought you out [03318].
6 And I brought [03318] your fathers [01] out of Egypt [04714]: and ye came [0935] unto the sea [03220]; and the Egyptians [04714] pursued [07291] after [0310] your fathers [01] with chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571] unto the Red [05488] sea [03220].
7 And when they cried [06817] unto the LORD [03068], he put [07760] darkness [03990] between you and the Egyptians [04713], and brought [0935] the sea [03220] upon them, and covered [03680] them; and your eyes [05869] have seen [07200] what I have done [06213] in Egypt [04714]: and ye dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057] a long [07227] season [03117].
8 And I brought [0935] you into the land [0776] of the Amorites [0567], which dwelt [03427] on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383]; and they fought [03898] with you: and I gave [05414] them into your hand [03027], that ye might possess [03423] their land [0776]; and I destroyed [08045] them from before [06440] you.
9 Then Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834], king [04428] of Moab [04124], arose [06965] and warred [03898] against Israel [03478], and sent [07971] and called [07121] Balaam [01109] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] to curse [07043] you:
10 But I would [014] not hearken [08085] unto Balaam [01109]; therefore he blessed [01288] you still [01288]: so I delivered [05337] you out of his hand [03027].
11 And ye went over [05674] Jordan [03383], and came [0935] unto Jericho [03405]: and the men [01167] of Jericho [03405] fought [03898] 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] them into your hand [03027].
12 And I sent [07971] the hornet [06880] before [06440] you, which drave them out [01644] 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].
13 And I have given [05414] you a land [0776] for which ye did not labour [03021], and cities [05892] which ye built [01129] not, and ye dwell [03427] in them; of the vineyards [03754] and oliveyards [02132] which ye planted [05193] not do ye eat [0398].
2 And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto all the people [05971], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Your fathers [01] dwelt [03427] 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] other [0312] gods [0430].
3 And I took [03947] your father [01] Abraham [085] from the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], and led [03212] him throughout all the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], and multiplied [07235] his seed [02233], and gave [05414] him Isaac [03327].
4 And I gave [05414] unto Isaac [03327] Jacob [03290] and Esau [06215]: and I gave [05414] unto Esau [06215] mount [02022] Seir [08165], to possess [03423] it; but Jacob [03290] and his children [01121] went down [03381] into Egypt [04714].
5 I sent [07971] Moses [04872] also and Aaron [0175], and I plagued [05062] Egypt [04714], according to that which [0834] I did [06213] among [07130] them: and afterward [0310] I brought you out [03318].
6 And I brought [03318] your fathers [01] out of Egypt [04714]: and ye came [0935] unto the sea [03220]; and the Egyptians [04714] pursued [07291] after [0310] your fathers [01] with chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571] unto the Red [05488] sea [03220].
7 And when they cried [06817] unto the LORD [03068], he put [07760] darkness [03990] between you and the Egyptians [04713], and brought [0935] the sea [03220] upon them, and covered [03680] them; and your eyes [05869] have seen [07200] what I have done [06213] in Egypt [04714]: and ye dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057] a long [07227] season [03117].
8 And I brought [0935] you into the land [0776] of the Amorites [0567], which dwelt [03427] on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383]; and they fought [03898] with you: and I gave [05414] them into your hand [03027], that ye might possess [03423] their land [0776]; and I destroyed [08045] them from before [06440] you.
9 Then Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834], king [04428] of Moab [04124], arose [06965] and warred [03898] against Israel [03478], and sent [07971] and called [07121] Balaam [01109] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] to curse [07043] you:
10 But I would [014] not hearken [08085] unto Balaam [01109]; therefore he blessed [01288] you still [01288]: so I delivered [05337] you out of his hand [03027].
11 And ye went over [05674] Jordan [03383], and came [0935] unto Jericho [03405]: and the men [01167] of Jericho [03405] fought [03898] 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] them into your hand [03027].
12 And I sent [07971] the hornet [06880] before [06440] you, which drave them out [01644] 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].
13 And I have given [05414] you a land [0776] for which ye did not labour [03021], and cities [05892] which ye built [01129] not, and ye dwell [03427] in them; of the vineyards [03754] and oliveyards [02132] which ye planted [05193] not do ye eat [0398].
14 Now therefore fear [03372] the LORD [03068], and serve [05647] him in sincerity [08549] and in truth [0571]: and put away [05493] the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] on the other side [05676] of the flood [05104], and in Egypt [04714]; and serve [05647] ye the LORD [03068].
15 And if it seem evil [07489] unto you [04310] to serve [05647] the LORD [03068], choose [0977] you this day [03117] whom [05869] ye will serve [05647]; whether the gods [0430] which your fathers [01] served [05647] 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]: but as for me and my house [01004], we will serve [05647] the LORD [03068].
51 These are the inheritances [05159], which Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], and Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], and the heads [07218] of the fathers [01] of the tribes [04294] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], divided for an inheritance [05157] by lot [01486] in Shiloh [07887] before [06440] the LORD [03068], at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]. So they made an end [03615] of dividing [02505] the country [0776].
6 Ye shall therefore describe [03789] the land [0776] into seven [07651] parts [02506], and bring [0935] the description hither to me, that I may cast [03384] lots [01486] for you here before [06440] the LORD [03068] our God [0430].
26 And Joshua [03091] wrote [03789] these words [01697] in the book [05612] of the law [08451] of God [0430], and took [03947] a great [01419] stone [068], and set it up [06965] there under an oak [0427], that was by the sanctuary [04720] of the LORD [03068].
26 And Joshua [03091] wrote [03789] these words [01697] in the book [05612] of the law [08451] of God [0430], and took [03947] a great [01419] stone [068], and set it up [06965] there under an oak [0427], that was by the sanctuary [04720] of the LORD [03068].
23 Now therefore put away [05493], said he, the strange [05236] gods [0430] which are among [07130] you, and incline [05186] your heart [03824] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478].
4 And they gave [05414] unto Jacob [03290] all the strange [05236] gods [0430] which were in their hand [03027], and all their earrings [05141] which were in their ears [0241]; and Jacob [03290] hid [02934] them under the oak [0424] which was by Shechem [07927].
2 Then Jacob [03290] said [0559] unto his household [01004], and to all that were with him, Put away [05493] the strange [05236] gods [0430] that are among you [08432], and be clean [02891], and change [02498] your garments [08071]:
19 And he bought [07069] a parcel [02513] of a field [07704], where he had spread [05186] his tent [0168], at the hand [03027] of the children [01121] of Hamor [02544], Shechem's [07927] father [01], for an hundred [03967] pieces of money [07192].
6 And Abram [087] passed through [05674] the land [0776] unto the place [04725] of Sichem [07927], unto the plain [0436] of Moreh [04176]. And the Canaanite [03669] was then [0227] in the land [0776].
7 And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto Abram [087], and said [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] will I give [05414] this [02063] land [0776]: and there builded [01129] he an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068], who appeared [07200] unto him.
2 And Joshua [03091] called [07121] for all Israel [03478], and for their elders [02205], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860], and said [0559] unto them, I am old [02204] and stricken [0935] in age [03117]:
1 And Joshua [03091] gathered [0622] all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to Shechem [07927], and called [07121] for the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860]; and they presented [03320] themselves before [06440] God [0430].
30 Then Joshua [03091] built [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] in mount [02022] Ebal [05858],
6 And Abram [087] passed through [05674] the land [0776] unto the place [04725] of Sichem [07927], unto the plain [0436] of Moreh [04176]. And the Canaanite [03669] was then [0227] in the land [0776].
7 And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto Abram [087], and said [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] will I give [05414] this [02063] land [0776]: and there builded [01129] he an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068], who appeared [07200] unto him.
30 Then Joshua [03091] built [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] in mount [02022] Ebal [05858],
16 And [2532] were carried over [3346] into [1519] Sychem [4966], and [2532] laid [5087] in [1722] the sepulchre [3418] that [3739] Abraham [11] bought [5608] for a sum [5092] of money [694] of [3844] the sons [5207] of Emmor [1697] the father [3588] of Sychem [4966].
7 And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto Abram [087], and said [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] will I give [05414] this [02063] land [0776]: and there builded [01129] he an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068], who appeared [07200] unto him.
6 And Abram [087] passed through [05674] the land [0776] unto the place [04725] of Sichem [07927], unto the plain [0436] of Moreh [04176]. And the Canaanite [03669] was then [0227] in the land [0776].
25 So Joshua [03091] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with the people [05971] that day [03117], and set [07760] them a statute [02706] and an ordinance [04941] in Shechem [07927].