Joshua 24

1 ♥ 📝 A nd 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: and Jacob^H3290 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: and afterward^H310 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, and covered^H3680 them; and your eyes^H5869 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; and I gave^H5414 them into your hand,^H3027 and ye possessed^H3423 their land;^H776 and I destroyed^H8045 them from before^H6440 you.

9 ♥ 📝 Then Balak^H1111 the son^H1121 of Zippor,^H6834 king^H4428 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^H7043 you;

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, the Amorite,^H567 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, which drove them out^H1644 from before^H6440 you, even the two^H8147 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, and ye dwell^H3427 therein; of vineyards^H3754 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, after^H310 that he hath done you good.^H3190

21 ♥ 📝 And the people^H5971 said^H559 unto Joshua,^H3091 Nay; but we will serve^H5647 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. And they said,^H559 We are witnesses.^H5707

23 ♥ 📝 Now therefore put away,^H5493 [said he], the foreign^H5236 gods^H430 which are among^H7130 you, and incline^H5186 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, this stone^H68 shall be a witness^H5713 against us; for it hath heard^H8085 all the words^H561 of Jehovah^H3068 which he spake^H1696 unto us: it shall be therefore a witness^H5713 against you, lest ye deny^H3584 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