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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].
  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].
 
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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].