ASV_Strong : Joshua 24
1. And Joshua[H3091] gathered[H622] all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] to Shechem[H7927], and called[H7121] for the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478], and for their heads[H7218], and for their judges[H8199], and for their officers[H7860]; and they presented[H3320] themselves before[H6440] God[H430].
2. And Joshua[H3091] said[H559] unto all the people[H5971], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Your fathers[H1] dwelt[H3427] of old time[H5769] beyond[H5676] the River[H5104], even Terah[H8646], the father[H1] of Abraham[H85], and the father[H1] of Nahor[H5152]: and they served[H5647] other[H312] gods[H430].
3. And I took[H3947] your father[H1] Abraham[H85] from beyond[H5676] the River[H5104], and led[H3212] him throughout all the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], and multiplied[H7235] his seed[H2233], and gave[H5414] him Isaac[H3327].
4. And I gave[H5414] unto Isaac[H3327] Jacob[H3290] and Esau[H6215]: and I gave[H5414] unto Esau[H6215] mount[H2022] Seir[H8165], to possess[H3423] it[H3290]: and Jacob and his children[H1121] went down[H3381] into Egypt[H4714].
5. And I sent[H7971] Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175], and I plagued[H5062] Egypt[H4714], according to that which[H834] I did[H6213] in the midst[H7130] thereof[H310]: and afterward I brought you out[H3318].
6. And I brought[H3318] your fathers[H1] out of Egypt[H4714]: and ye came[H935] unto the sea[H3220]; and the Egyptians[H4714] pursued[H7291] after[H310] your fathers[H1] with chariots[H7393] and with horsemen[H6571] unto the Red[H5488] Sea[H3220].
7. And when they cried[H6817] out unto Jehovah[H3068], he put[H7760] darkness[H3990] between you and the Egyptians[H4713], and brought[H935] the sea[H3220] upon them[H3680], and covered them[H5869]; and your eyes saw[H7200] what I did[H6213] in Egypt[H4714]: and ye dwelt[H3427] in the wilderness[H4057] many[H7227] days[H3117].
8. And I brought[H935] you into the land[H776] of the Amorites[H567], that dwelt[H3427] beyond[H5676] the Jordan[H3383]: and they fought[H3898] with you[H5414]; and I gave them into your hand[H3027], and ye possessed[H3423] their land[H776]; and I destroyed[H8045] them from before you[H6440].
9. Then Balak[H1111] the son[H1121] of Zippor[H6834], king[H4428] of Moab[H4124], arose[H6965] and fought[H3898] against Israel[H3478]: and he sent[H7971] and called[H7121] Balaam[H1109] the son[H1121] of Beor[H1160] to curse you[H7043];
10. but I would[H14] not hearken[H8085] unto Balaam[H1109]; therefore he blessed[H1288] you still[H1288]: so I delivered[H5337] you out of his hand[H3027].
11. And ye went over[H5674] the Jordan[H3383], and came[H935] unto Jericho[H3405]: and the men[H1167] of Jericho[H3405] fought[H3898] against you[H567], the Amorite, and the Perizzite[H6522], and the Canaanite[H3669], and the Hittite[H2850], and the Girgashite[H1622], the Hivite[H2340], and the Jebusite[H2983]; and I delivered[H5414] them into your hand[H3027].
12. And I sent[H7971] the hornet[H6880] before[H6440] you[H1644], which drove them out from before[H6440] you[H8147], even the two kings[H4428] of the Amorites[H567]; not with thy sword[H2719], nor with thy bow[H7198].
13. And I gave[H5414] you a land[H776] whereon thou hadst not labored[H3021], and cities[H5892] which ye built[H1129] not[H3427], and ye dwell therein[H3754]; of vineyards and oliveyards[H2132] which ye planted[H5193] not do ye eat[H398].
14. Now therefore fear[H3372] Jehovah[H3068], and serve[H5647] him in sincerity[H8549] and in truth[H571]; and put away[H5493] the gods[H430] which your fathers[H1] served[H5647] beyond[H5676] the River[H5104], and in Egypt[H4714]; and serve[H5647] ye Jehovah[H3068].
15. And if it seem evil[H7489] unto you[H4310] to serve[H5647] Jehovah[H3068], choose[H977] you this day[H3117] whom[H5869] ye will serve[H5647]; whether the gods[H430] which your fathers[H1] served[H5647] that were beyond[H5676] the River[H5104], or the gods[H430] of the Amorites[H567], in whose land[H776] ye dwell[H3427]: but as for me and my house[H1004], we will serve[H5647] Jehovah[H3068].
16. And the people[H5971] answered[H6030] and said[H559], Far[H2486] be it from us that we should forsake[H5800] Jehovah[H3068], to serve[H5647] other[H312] gods[H430];
17. for Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430], he it is that brought us and our fathers[H1] up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], from the house[H1004] of bondage[H5650], and that did[H6213] those great[H1419] signs[H226] in our sight[H5869], and preserved[H8104] us in all the way[H1870] wherein we went[H1980], and among all the peoples[H5971] through[H7130] the midst of whom we passed[H5674];
18. and Jehovah[H3068] drove out[H1644] from before[H6440] us all the peoples[H5971], even the Amorites[H567] that dwelt[H3427] in the land[H776]: therefore we also will serve[H5647] Jehovah[H3068]; for he is our God[H430].
19. And Joshua[H3091] said[H559] unto the people[H5971], Ye cannot[H3201] serve[H5647] Jehovah[H3068]; for he is a holy[H6918] God[H430]; he is a jealous[H7072] God[H430]; he will not forgive[H5375] your transgression[H6588] nor your sins[H2403].
20. If ye forsake[H5800] Jehovah[H3068], and serve[H5647] foreign[H5236] gods[H430], then he will turn[H7725] and do you evil[H7489], and consume[H3615] you[H310], after that he hath done you good[H3190].
21. And the people[H5971] said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], Nay[H5647]; but we will serve Jehovah[H3068].
22. And Joshua[H3091] said[H559] unto the people[H5971], Ye are witnesses[H5707] against yourselves that ye have chosen[H977] you Jehovah[H3068], to serve[H5647] him[H559]. And they said, We are witnesses[H5707].
23. Now therefore put away[H5493], said he[H5236], the foreign gods[H430] which are among[H7130] you[H5186], and incline your heart[H3824] unto Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
24. And the people[H5971] said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430] will we serve[H5647], and unto his voice[H6963] will we hearken[H8085].
25. So Joshua[H3091] made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with the people[H5971] that day[H3117], and set[H7760] them a statute[H2706] and an ordinance[H4941] in Shechem[H7927].
26. And Joshua[H3091] wrote[H3789] these words[H1697] in the book[H5612] of the law[H8451] of God[H430]; and he took[H3947] a great[H1419] stone[H68], and set it up[H6965] there under the oak[H427] that was by the sanctuary[H4720] of Jehovah[H3068].
27. And Joshua[H3091] said[H559] unto all the people[H5971], Behold[H68], this stone shall be a witness[H5713] against us[H8085]; for it hath heard all the words[H561] of Jehovah[H3068] which he spake[H1696] unto us[H5713]: it shall be therefore a witness against you[H3584], lest ye deny your God[H430].
28. So Joshua[H3091] sent the people[H5971] away[H7971], every man[H376] unto his inheritance[H5159].
29. And it came to pass after[H310] these things[H1697], that Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126], the servant[H5650] of Jehovah[H3068], died[H4191], being a hundred[H3967] and ten[H6235] years[H8141] old[H1121].
30. And they buried[H6912] him in the border[H1366] of his inheritance[H5159] in Timnathserah[H8556], which is in the hill-country[H2022] of Ephraim[H669], on the north[H6828] of the mountain[H2022] of Gaash[H1608].
31. And Israel[H3478] served[H5647] Jehovah[H3068] all the days[H3117] of Joshua[H3091], and all the days[H3117] of the elders[H2205] that outlived[H3117] Joshua[H3091], and had known[H3045] all the work[H4639] of Jehovah[H3068], that he had wrought[H6213] for Israel[H3478].
32. And the bones[H6106] of Joseph[H3130], which the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] brought up[H5927] out of Egypt[H4714], buried[H6912] they in Shechem[H7927], in the parcel[H2513] of ground[H7704] which Jacob[H3290] bought[H7069] of the sons[H1121] of Hamor[H2544] the father[H1] of Shechem[H7927] for a hundred[H3967] pieces of money[H7192]: and they became the inheritance[H5159] of the children[H1121] of Joseph[H3130].
33. And Eleazar[H499] the son[H1121] of Aaron[H175] died[H4191]; and they buried[H6912] him in the hill[H1389] of Phinehas[H6372] his son[H1121], which was given[H5414] him in the hill-country[H2022] of Ephraim[H669].
Related Links: