Joshua 24:1 ¶ Joshua3091 gathered622 all the tribes7626 of Israel3478 to Shechem,7927 and called7121 for the elders2205 of Israel,3478 for their heads,7218 for their judges,8199 and for their officers;7860 and they presented3320 themselves before6440 God.430 cr 2 Joshua3091 said559 to all the people,5971 "Thus says559 Yahweh,3068 the God430 of Israel,3478 ‘Your fathers1 lived3427 of old time5769 beyond5676 the River,5104 even Terah,8646 the father1 of Abraham,85 and the father1 of Nahor:5152 and they served5647 other312 gods.430 cr 3 I took3947 your father1 Abraham85 from beyond5676 the River,5104 and led3212 him throughout all the land776 of Canaan,3667 and multiplied7235 his seed,2233 and gave5414 him Isaac.3327 cr 4 I gave5414 to Isaac3327 Jacob3290 and Esau:6215 and I gave5414 to Esau6215 Mount2022 Seir,8165 to possess3423 it. Jacob3290 and his children1121 went down3381 into Egypt.4714 cr

Joshua 24:5 ¶ "‘I sent7971 Moses4872 and Aaron,175 and I plagued5062 Egypt,4714 according to that which834 I did6213 in its midst:7130 and afterward310 I brought you out.3318 cr 6 I brought3318 your fathers1 out of Egypt:4714 and you came935 to the sea.3220 The Egyptians4714 pursued7291 after310 your fathers1 with chariots7393 and with horsemen6571 to the Red5488 Sea.3220 cr 7 When they cried6817 out to Yahweh,3068 he put7760 darkness3990 between you and the Egyptians,4713 and brought935 the sea3220 on them, and covered3680 them; and your eyes5869 saw7200 what I did6213 in Egypt:4714 and you lived3427 in the wilderness4057 many7227 days.3117 cr

Joshua 24:8 ¶ "‘I brought935 you into the land776 of the Amorites,567 that lived3427 beyond5676 the Jordan:3383 and they fought3898 with you; and I gave5414 them into your hand.3027 You possessed3423 their land;776 and I destroyed8045 them from before6440 you. cr 9 Then Balak1111 the son1121 of Zippor,6834 king4428 of Moab,4124 arose6965 and fought3898 against Israel.3478 He sent7971 and called7121 Balaam1109 the son1121 of Beor1160 to curse7043 you; cr 10 but I would14 not listen8085 to Balaam;1109 therefore he blessed1288 you still.1288 So I delivered5337 you out of his hand.3027 cr

Joshua 24:11 ¶ "‘You went over5674 the Jordan,3383 and came935 to Jericho.3405 The men1167 of Jericho3405 fought3898 against you, the Amorite,567 the Perizzite,6522 the Canaanite,3669 the Hittite,2850 the Girgashite,1622 the Hivite,2340 and the Jebusite;2983 and I delivered5414 them into your hand.3027 cr 12 I sent7971 the hornet6880 before6440 you, which drove them out1644 from before6440 you, even the two8147 kings4428 of the Amorites;567 not with your sword,2719 nor with your bow.7198 cr 13 I gave5414 you a land776 whereon you had not labored,3021 and cities5892 which you didn't build,1129 and you live3427 in them. You eat398 of vineyards3754 and olive2132 groves which you didn't plant.'5193 cr

Joshua 24:14 ¶ "Now therefore fear3372 Yahweh,3068 and serve5647 him in sincerity8549 and in truth.571 Put away5493 the gods430 which your fathers1 served5647 beyond5676 the River,5104 in Egypt;4714 and serve5647 Yahweh.3068 cr 15 If it seems evil7489 to you4310 to serve5647 Yahweh,3068 choose977 this day3117 whom5869 you will serve;5647 whether the gods430 which your fathers1 served5647 that were beyond5676 the River,5104 or the gods430 of the Amorites,567 in whose land776 you dwell:3427 but as for me and my house,1004 we will serve5647 Yahweh."3068 cr

Joshua 24:16 ¶ The people5971 answered,6030 559 "Far2486 be it from us that we should forsake5800 Yahweh,3068 to serve5647 other312 gods;430 cr 17 for it is Yahweh3068 our God430 who brought us and our fathers1 up5927 out of the land776 of Egypt,4714 from the house1004 of bondage,5650 and who did6213 those great1419 signs226 in our sight,5869 and preserved8104 us in all the way1870 in which we went,1980 and among all the peoples5971 through7130 the midst of whom we passed.5674 cr 18 Yahweh3068 drove out1644 from before6440 us all the peoples,5971 even the Amorites567 who lived3427 in the land.776 Therefore we also will serve5647 Yahweh;3068 for he is our God."430 cr

Joshua 24:19 ¶ Joshua3091 said559 to the people,5971 "You can't3201 serve5647 Yahweh;3068 for he is a holy6918 God.430 He is a jealous7072 God.430 He will not forgive5375 your disobedience6588 nor your sins.2403 cr 20 If you forsake5800 Yahweh,3068 and serve5647 foreign5236 gods,430 then he will turn7725 and do you evil,7489 and consume3615 you, after310 he has done you good."3190 cr

Joshua 24:21 ¶ The people5971 said559 to Joshua,3091 "No; but we will serve5647 Yahweh."3068 cr 22 Joshua3091 said559 to the people,5971 "You are witnesses5707 against yourselves that you have chosen977 Yahweh3068 yourselves, to serve5647 him." They said,559 "We are witnesses."5707 cr

Joshua 24:23 ¶ "Now therefore put away5493 the foreign5236 gods430 which are among7130 you, and incline5186 your heart3824 to Yahweh,3068 the God430 of Israel."3478 cr

Joshua 24:24 ¶ The people5971 said559 to Joshua,3091 "We will serve5647 Yahweh3068 our God,430 and we will listen8085 to his voice."6963 cr

Joshua 24:25 ¶ So Joshua3091 made3772 a covenant1285 with the people5971 that day,3117 and made7760 for them a statute2706 and an ordinance4941 in Shechem.7927 cr 26 Joshua3091 wrote3789 these words1697 in the book5612 of the law8451 of God;430 and he took3947 a great1419 stone,68 and set it up6965 there under the oak427 that was by the sanctuary4720 of Yahweh.3068 cr 27 Joshua3091 said559 to all the people,5971 "Behold, this stone68 shall be a witness5713 against us; for it has heard8085 all the words561 of Yahweh3068 which he spoke1696 to us. It shall be therefore a witness5713 against you, lest you deny3584 your God."430 cr 28 So Joshua3091 sent the people5971 away,7971 every man376 to his inheritance.5159 cr

Joshua 24:29 ¶ It happened after310 these things,1697 that Joshua3091 the son1121 of Nun,5126 the servant5650 of Yahweh,3068 died,4191 being one hundred3967 and ten6235 years8141 old.1121 cr 30 They buried6912 him in the border1366 of his inheritance5159 in Timnathserah,8556 which is in the hill2022 country of Ephraim,669 on the north6828 of the mountain2022 of Gaash.1608 cr 31 Israel3478 served5647 Yahweh3068 all the days3117 of Joshua,3091 and all the days3117 of the elders2205 who outlived3117 Joshua,3091 and had known3045 all the work4639 of Yahweh,3068 that he had worked6213 for Israel.3478 cr 32 They buried6912 the bones6106 of Joseph,3130 which the children1121 of Israel3478 brought up5927 out of Egypt,4714 in Shechem,7927 in the parcel2513 of ground7704 which Jacob3290 bought7069 of the sons1121 of Hamor2544 the father1 of Shechem7927 for a hundred3967 pieces of money.7192 They became the inheritance5159 of the children1121 of Joseph.3130 cr 33 son1121 of Aaron175 died.4191 They buried6912 him in the hill1389 of Phinehas6372 his son,1121 which was given5414 him in the hill2022 country of Ephraim.669 cr