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约书亚记 24
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重申耶和华的约

24 约书亚在示剑招聚以色列各支派，然后召来以色列的长老、族长、审判官和官长。他们一同站在上帝面前。 2 约书亚对全体民众说：“以色列的上帝耶和华这样说，‘从前你们的祖先，包括亚伯拉罕和拿鹤二人的父亲他拉，住在幼发拉底河那边拜别的神明。 3 我把你们的祖先亚伯拉罕从幼发拉底河那边带出来，领他走遍迦南，使他人丁兴旺。我把以撒赐给他， 4 把雅各和以扫赐给以撒，把西珥山赐给以扫作产业，雅各和他的子孙则去了埃及。 5 后来，我差遣摩西和亚伦去埃及，并用瘟疫攻击埃及人，把你们领出来。 6 我引领你们的祖先离开埃及来到红海的时候，埃及人带领战车骑兵追了上来。 7 你们的祖先大声呼求我，我就降下黑暗，把你们和埃及人分开，又用海水淹没埃及人。你们亲眼见过我在埃及的作为。后来，你们在旷野度过了一段漫长的岁月。 8 我领你们来到约旦河东边亚摩利人居住的地方。他们跟你们争战，我把他们交在你们手中，使你们占领他们的土地作自己的产业。我把他们从你们面前全部消灭。 9 那时，摩押王西拨的儿子巴勒起兵攻打你们，并派人去召比珥的儿子巴兰来咒诅你们。 10 我不但没有听巴兰的话，反而使他为你们连连祝福。这样，我从巴勒手中救了你们。 11 你们过了约旦河来到耶利哥。耶利哥人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、迦南人、赫人、革迦撒人、希未人和耶布斯人都跟你们交战，但我把他们交在你们手中。 12 我差黄蜂飞在你们前面，把亚摩利的两个王从你们面前赶走，没有动用你们一刀一弓。 13 你们没有开垦土地，也没有建造城邑，但我赐给你们土地和城邑，使你们住在其中，享用别人栽种的葡萄园和橄榄园的果子。’

14 “所以，你们要敬畏耶和华，诚心诚意地事奉祂，摒弃你们祖先在幼发拉底河那边和在埃及所拜的神明，专心事奉耶和华。 15 如果你们不愿意事奉耶和华，今天就选择你们的神明吧，或大河那边你们祖先事奉的神明，或你们这里亚摩利人的神明。至于我和我全家，我们必事奉耶和华。”

16 民众答道：“我们决不背弃耶和华去事奉别的神明， 17 因为我们的上帝耶和华曾领我们和我们的祖先脱离埃及人的奴役，在我们眼前行大神迹，一路保护我们安然经过列邦。 18 耶和华把这地方的亚摩利人等外族人从我们面前赶走了，我们必事奉祂，因为祂是我们的上帝。”

19 约书亚说：“你们不能事奉耶和华，祂是一位圣洁的上帝，祂痛恨不贞，必不赦免你们的过犯和罪恶。 20 如果你们背弃耶和华，去拜外族的神明，尽管祂曾经恩待你们，也必降祸给你们，毁灭你们。” 21 民众答道：“不，我们一定要事奉耶和华。” 22 约书亚说：“现在你们自己作证，你们已选择事奉耶和华。”民众答道：“我们愿意自己作证。” 23 约书亚说：“这样，你们现在就要摒弃你们中间的外族神明，专心归向以色列的上帝耶和华。” 24 民众答道：“我们必事奉我们的上帝耶和华，听从祂的话。” 25 当天约书亚与民众立约，在示剑为他们订立律例和典章。 26 约书亚把这些话都写在上帝的律法书上，又把一块大石头竖立在耶和华圣所旁边的橡树下。 27 然后，他对民众说：“看啊，这块石头可以为我们作证，它听到了耶和华所吩咐我们的话。如果你们背弃上帝，它必作证。” 28 于是，约书亚命民众各自返回自己的地方。

约书亚去世

29 后来，耶和华的仆人、嫩的儿子约书亚去世了，享年一百一十岁。 30 以色列人把他葬在他的土地上，就是在迦实山北边、以法莲山区的亭拿·西拉。

31 约书亚在世的时候，以色列人都事奉耶和华。他死后，在那些经历过耶和华奇妙作为的长老还健在期间，以色列人仍事奉耶和华。

32 以色列人把从埃及带出来的约瑟的骸骨葬在示剑，在从前雅各用一百块银子向哈抹的子孙买的那块地里。哈抹是示剑的父亲。后来那块地成了约瑟子孙的产业。

33 亚伦的儿子以利亚撒也死了，他们把他葬在他儿子非尼哈分到的以法莲山区的基比亚。

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约书亚记 24
Chinese New Version (Simplified)

在示剑重述　神的恩惠

24 约书亚在示剑召集以色列各支派，又把以色列的长老、首领、审判官和官长都召了来，他们就站在　神面前。 2 约书亚对众民说：“耶和华以色列的　神这样说：‘古时你们的列祖，就是亚伯拉罕和拿鹤的父亲他拉，住在大河那边；他们事奉别的神。 3 我把你们的祖先亚伯拉罕，从大河那边带来，领他走遍迦南地，使他的后裔增多，把以撒赐给他； 4 又把雅各和以扫赐给以撒，把西珥山赐给以扫作产业；雅各和他的子孙却下到埃及去。 5 我差派了摩西和亚伦，借着我在埃及所行的神迹，用灾疫击打埃及，然后把你们领出来。 6 我领你们的列祖离开埃及，他们去到海边；埃及人带着战车和马兵，追赶你们的列祖直到红海。 7 你们的列祖呼求耶和华，他就以黑暗隔开你们和埃及人，又使海水复流淹没了他们；我在埃及所行的事，你们都亲眼见过；你们在旷野也住了许多日子。 8 我领你们到了住在约旦河东的亚摩利人的地，他们和你们争战，我把他们交在你们手里，你们就得了他们的地作产业；我也在你们面前把他们消灭。 9 那时摩押王西拨的儿子巴勒起来攻击以色列人；他派人把比珥的儿子巴兰召了来，咒诅你们。 10 我不肯听巴兰的话，结果他反而一而再祝福你们；这样，我就救了你们脱离他的手。 11 你们过了约旦河，来到耶利哥；耶利哥的居民与你们作战，还有亚摩利人、比利洗人、迦南人、赫人、革迦撒人、希未人、耶布斯人，也跟你们作战；我把他们都交在你们手里。 12 我派了黄蜂飞在你们前面，把亚摩利人的两个王从你们面前赶走，并不是用你的刀，也不是用你的弓。 13 我赐给你们的土地，不是你们劳苦开垦的；我赐给你们的城市，不是你们建造的，你们却住在城中；你们享用的葡萄园和橄榄园，也不是你们栽种的。’

劝勉众民事奉耶和华

14 “现在你们要敬畏耶和华，真诚地按着真理事奉他，把你们列祖在大河那边和在埃及事奉的神除掉，去事奉耶和华。 15 如果你们认为事奉耶和华不好，那么今日你们就可以选择你们所要事奉的：是你们列祖在大河那边事奉的神呢，还是你们现在所住亚摩利人之地的神呢？至于我和我家，我们必事奉耶和华。”

16 众民回答：“我们绝对不会离弃耶和华，去事奉别的神； 17 因为耶和华我们的　神把我们和我们的列祖，从埃及地为奴的家领出来，并且在我们眼前行了那些伟大的神迹；又在我们所行的一切路上，和我们经过的一切民族中间，他都保护了我们； 18 耶和华又把所有的民族和住在这地的亚摩利人，都从我们面前赶走；所以我们必事奉耶和华，因为他是我们的　神。”

19 约书亚对众民说：“你们不能事奉耶和华，因为他是圣洁的　神；他是嫉妒的　神，他必不赦免你们的过犯和罪恶。 20 如果你们离弃耶和华，去事奉外族人的神，那么在耶和华赐福给你们之后，他必转而降祸与你们，把你们消灭。” 21 众民对约书亚说：“不，我们必定事奉耶和华。” 22 约书亚对众民说：“你们选择了耶和华，要事奉他，你们为自己作证吧。”他们说：“我们愿意作证。” 23 约书亚说：“现在你们要除掉在你们中间外族人的神，一心归向耶和华以色列的　神。” 24 众民对约书亚说：“我们必事奉耶和华我们的　神，必听从他的话。”

约书亚与众民立约

25 那一天，约书亚就与众民立约，在示剑为他们订立律例和典章。 26 约书亚把这些话都写在　神的律法书上；又拿一块大石头，立在耶和华圣所旁边的橡树下。 27 约书亚对全体人民说：“看哪，这块石头可以向我们作证，因为它听见了耶和华对我们所说的一切话；所以这块石头要向你们作证，免得你们否认你们的　神。” 28 于是约书亚打发众民各自回到自己的地业去了。

约书亚逝世

29 这些事以后，耶和华的仆人、嫩的儿子约书亚死了，那时他是一百一十岁。 30 以色列人把他埋葬在他自己地业的境内，就是在以法莲山地上的亭拿．西拉，在迦实山的北边。 31 约书亚在世的日子，和约书亚死后，那些知道耶和华为以色列人所行的一切事的长老还在世的日子，以色列人都事奉耶和华。

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32 以色列人从埃及带出来的约瑟骸骨，葬在示剑的一块田里；这块田是雅各从前用一百块银子向示剑的父亲哈抹的子孙那里买来的；这块田就成了约瑟子孙的产业。 33 亚伦的儿子以利亚撒也死了；以色列人就把他埋葬在基比亚，就是他儿子非尼哈在以法莲山地所得的产业。

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Joshua 24
New English Translation

Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord

24 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God. 2 Joshua told all the people, “This is what the Lord God of Israel has said: ‘In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River,[a] including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped[b] other gods, 3 but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates[c] and brought him into[d] the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac, 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir,[e] while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. 5 I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land.[f] Then I brought you out. 6 When I brought your fathers out of Egypt, you arrived at the sea. The Egyptians chased your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. 7 Your fathers[g] cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark,[h] and then he drowned them in the sea.[i] You witnessed with your very own eyes[j] what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time.[k] 8 Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered[l] their land, and I destroyed them from before you. 9 Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack[m] against Israel. He summoned[n] Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment on[o] you. 10 I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept[p] prophesying good things about[q] you, and I rescued you from his power.[r] 11 You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders[s] of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you. 12 I sent terror[t] ahead of you to drive out before you the two[u] Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.[v] 13 I gave you a land in[w] which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build, and you are eating the produce of[x] vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

14 “Now[y] obey[z] the Lord and worship[aa] him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors[ab] worshiped[ac] beyond the Euphrates[ad] and in Egypt, and worship[ae] the Lord. 15 If you have no desire[af] to worship[ag] the Lord, then choose today whom you will worship,[ah] whether it be the gods whom your ancestors[ai] worshiped[aj] beyond the Euphrates,[ak] or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family[al] will worship[am] the Lord.”

16 The people responded, “Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can[an] worship[ao] other gods! 17 For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery[ap] in the land of Egypt[aq] and performed these awesome miracles[ar] before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations.[as] 18 The Lord drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship[at] the Lord, for he is our God!”

19 Joshua warned[au] the people, “You will not keep worshiping[av] the Lord, for[aw] he is a holy God.[ax] He is a jealous God who will not forgive[ay] your rebellion or your sins. 20 If[az] you abandon the Lord and worship[ba] foreign gods, he will turn against you;[bb] he will bring disaster on you and destroy you,[bc] though he once treated you well.”[bd]

21 The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will[be] worship[bf] the Lord.” 22 Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?”[bg] They replied, “We are witnesses!”[bh] 23 Joshua said,[bi] “Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to[bj] the Lord God of Israel.”

24 The people said to Joshua, “We will worship[bk] the Lord our God and obey him.”[bl]

25 That day Joshua drew up an agreement[bm] for the people, and he established rules and regulations[bn] for them in Shechem. 26 Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s sanctuary. 27 Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us.[bo] It will be a witness against you if[bp] you deny your God.” 28 When Joshua dismissed the people, they went to their allotted portions of land.[bq]

An Era Ends

29 After all this[br] Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of 110. 30 They buried him in his allotted territory[bs] in Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 31 Israel worshiped[bt] the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive.[bu] These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel.[bv]

32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the part of the field that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of money.[bw] So it became the inheritance of the tribe of Joseph.[bx]

33 Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him in Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim, where his son Phinehas had been assigned land.[by]

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:2 tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Joshua 24:2 tn Or “served.”
  3. Joshua 24:3 tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. Joshua 24:3 tn Or “through.”
  5. Joshua 24:4 tn Heb “I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it.”
  6. Joshua 24:5 tn Heb “by that which I did in its midst.”
  7. Joshua 24:7 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the fathers) has been specified in the translation for clarity (see the previous verse).
  8. Joshua 24:7 tn Or “put darkness between you and the Egyptians.”
  9. Joshua 24:7 tn Heb “and he brought over them the sea and covered them.”
  10. Joshua 24:7 tn Heb “your eyes saw.”
  11. Joshua 24:7 tn Heb “many days.”
  12. Joshua 24:8 tn Or “took possession of.”
  13. Joshua 24:9 tn Heb “arose and fought.”
  14. Joshua 24:9 tn Heb “sent and called.”
  15. Joshua 24:9 tn Or “to curse.”
  16. Joshua 24:10 tn The infinitive absolute follows the finite verb in the Hebrew text and indicates continuation or repetition of the action. Balaam pronounced several oracles of blessing over Israel (see Num 23-24).
  17. Joshua 24:10 tn Heb “blessing.” Balaam’s “blessings” were actually prophecies of how God would prosper Israel.
  18. Joshua 24:10 tn Heb “hand.”
  19. Joshua 24:11 tn Or perhaps, “citizens.”
  20. Joshua 24:12 tn Traditionally, “the hornet” (so KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) but the precise meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain (cf. NEB “panic”).
  21. Joshua 24:12 tn The LXX has “twelve,” apparently understanding this as a reference to Amorite kings west of the Jordan (see Josh 5:1, rather than the trans-Jordanian Amorite kings Sihon and Og (see Josh 2:10; 9:10).
  22. Joshua 24:12 tn Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave you the victory” are supplied for clarification.
  23. Joshua 24:13 tn Or perhaps, “for.”
  24. Joshua 24:13 tn The words “the produce of” are supplied for clarification.
  25. Joshua 24:14 sn Joshua quotes the Lord’s words in vv. 2b-13 (note that the Lord speaks in the first person in these verses); in vv. 14-15 Joshua himself exhorts the people (note the third person references to the Lord).
  26. Joshua 24:14 tn Heb “fear.”
  27. Joshua 24:14 tn Or “and serve.”
  28. Joshua 24:14 tn Heb “your fathers.”
  29. Joshua 24:14 tn Or “served.”
  30. Joshua 24:14 tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.
  31. Joshua 24:14 tn Or “and serve.”
  32. Joshua 24:15 tn Heb “if it is bad in your eyes.”
  33. Joshua 24:15 tn Or “to serve.”
  34. Joshua 24:15 tn Or “will serve.”
  35. Joshua 24:15 tn Heb “your fathers.”
  36. Joshua 24:15 tn Or “served.”
  37. Joshua 24:15 tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.
  38. Joshua 24:15 tn Heb “house.”
  39. Joshua 24:15 tn Or “will serve.”
  40. Joshua 24:16 tn Heb “to.”
  41. Joshua 24:16 tn Or “can serve.”
  42. Joshua 24:17 tn Heb “of the house of slavery.”
  43. Joshua 24:17 tn Heb “for the Lord our God, he is the one who brought up us and our fathers from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves.”
  44. Joshua 24:17 tn Or “great signs.”
  45. Joshua 24:17 tn Heb “and he guarded us in all the way in which we walked and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.”
  46. Joshua 24:18 tn Or “will serve.”
  47. Joshua 24:19 tn Heb “said to.”
  48. Joshua 24:19 tn Heb “you are not able to serve.”
  49. Joshua 24:19 sn For an excellent discussion of Joshua’s logical argument here, see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 274-75.
  50. Joshua 24:19 tn In the Hebrew text both the divine name (אֱלֹהִים, ʾelohim) and the adjective (קְדֹשִׁים, qedoshim, “holy”) are plural. Normally the divine name, when referring to the one true God, takes singular modifiers, but this is a rare exception where the adjective agrees grammatically with the honorific plural noun. See GKC §124.i and IBHS 122.
  51. Joshua 24:19 tn Heb “lift up” or “take away.”sn This assertion obviously needs qualification, for the OT elsewhere affirms that God does forgive. Joshua is referring to the persistent national rebellion against the Mosaic covenant that eventually causes God to decree unconditionally the nation’s exile.
  52. Joshua 24:20 tn Or “when.”
  53. Joshua 24:20 tn Or “and serve.”
  54. Joshua 24:20 tn The words “against you” are added for clarification.
  55. Joshua 24:20 tn Heb “bring you to an end.”
  56. Joshua 24:20 tn Heb “after he did good for you.”
  57. Joshua 24:21 tn The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is emphatic. Another option is to take it as explanatory, “No, for we will….”
  58. Joshua 24:21 tn Or “will serve.”
  59. Joshua 24:22 tn Heb “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves the Lord to serve him.”
  60. Joshua 24:22 sn Like witnesses in a court of law, Israel’s solemn vow to worship the Lord will testify against them in the divine court if the nation ever violates its commitment.
  61. Joshua 24:23 tn The words “Joshua said” are supplied for clarification.
  62. Joshua 24:23 tn Heb “bend your heart toward.” The term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) probably here refers to the people’s volition or will.
  63. Joshua 24:24 tn Or “will serve.”
  64. Joshua 24:24 tn Heb “and listen to his voice.”
  65. Joshua 24:25 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
  66. Joshua 24:25 tn Heb “a statute and a judgment.”
  67. Joshua 24:27 tn Heb “all the words of the Lord which he spoke with us.”
  68. Joshua 24:27 tn Or “lest,” “so that you might not.”
  69. Joshua 24:28 tn Heb “And Joshua sent the people away, each to his inheritance.”
  70. Joshua 24:29 tn Heb “after these things.”
  71. Joshua 24:30 tn Heb “in the territory of his inheritance.”
  72. Joshua 24:31 tn Or “served.”
  73. Joshua 24:31 tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him.”
  74. Joshua 24:31 tn Heb “who knew all the work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”
  75. Joshua 24:32 tn Heb “one hundred qesitahs.” The Hebrew word קְשִׂיטָה (qesitah) is generally understood to refer to a unit of money, but the value and/or weight is unknown. The word occurs only here and in Gen 33:19 and Job 42:11.
  76. Joshua 24:32 tn Heb “and they became for the sons of Joseph an inheritance.” One might think “bones” is the subject of the verb “they became,” but the verb is masculine, while “bones” is feminine. The translation follows the emendation suggested in the BHS note, which appeals to the Syriac and Vulgate for support. The emended reading understands “the part (of the field)” as the subject of the verb “became.” The emended verb is feminine singular; this agrees with “the part” (of the field), which is feminine in Hebrew.
  77. Joshua 24:33 tn Heb “in Gibeah of Phinehas, his son, which had been given to him in the hill country of Ephraim.”
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The Covenant Renewed at Shechem

24 Then Joshua assembled(A) all the tribes of Israel at Shechem.(B) He summoned(C) the elders,(D) leaders, judges and officials of Israel,(E) and they presented themselves before God.

2 Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor,(F) lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.(G) 3 But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him throughout Canaan(H) and gave him many descendants.(I) I gave him Isaac,(J) 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.(K) I assigned the hill country of Seir(L) to Esau, but Jacob and his family went down to Egypt.(M)

5 “‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron,(N) and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out.(O) 6 When I brought your people out of Egypt, you came to the sea,(P) and the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen[a](Q) as far as the Red Sea.[b](R) 7 But they cried(S) to the Lord for help, and he put darkness(T) between you and the Egyptians; he brought the sea over them and covered them.(U) You saw with your own eyes what I did to the Egyptians.(V) Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.(W)

8 “‘I brought you to the land of the Amorites(X) who lived east of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I gave them into your hands. I destroyed them from before you, and you took possession of their land.(Y) 9 When Balak son of Zippor,(Z) the king of Moab, prepared to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam son of Beor(AA) to put a curse on you.(AB) 10 But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you(AC) again and again, and I delivered you out of his hand.

11 “‘Then you crossed the Jordan(AD) and came to Jericho.(AE) The citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did also the Amorites, Perizzites,(AF) Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites,(AG) but I gave them into your hands.(AH) 12 I sent the hornet(AI) ahead of you, which drove them out(AJ) before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.(AK) 13 So I gave you a land(AL) on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’(AM)

14 “Now fear the Lord(AN) and serve him with all faithfulness.(AO) Throw away the gods(AP) your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt,(AQ) and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites,(AR) in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household,(AS) we will serve the Lord.”(AT)

16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake(AU) the Lord to serve other gods! 17 It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery,(AV) and performed those great signs(AW) before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. 18 And the Lord drove out(AX) before us all the nations,(AY) including the Amorites, who lived in the land.(AZ) We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God.(BA)”

19 Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God;(BB) he is a jealous God.(BC) He will not forgive(BD) your rebellion(BE) and your sins. 20 If you forsake the Lord(BF) and serve foreign gods, he will turn(BG) and bring disaster(BH) on you and make an end of you,(BI) after he has been good to you.”

21 But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the Lord.”

22 Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses(BJ) against yourselves that you have chosen(BK) to serve the Lord.”

“Yes, we are witnesses,(BL)” they replied.

23 “Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods(BM) that are among you and yield your hearts(BN) to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”(BO)

25 On that day Joshua made a covenant(BP) for the people, and there at Shechem(BQ) he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws.(BR) 26 And Joshua recorded(BS) these things in the Book of the Law of God.(BT) Then he took a large stone(BU) and set it up there under the oak(BV) near the holy place of the Lord.

27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone(BW) will be a witness(BX) against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue(BY) to your God.”(BZ)

28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.(CA)

Buried in the Promised Land(CB)

29 After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died(CC) at the age of a hundred and ten.(CD) 30 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah[c](CE) in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.(CF)

31 Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders(CG) who outlived him and who had experienced everything the Lord had done for Israel.

32 And Joseph’s bones,(CH) which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,(CI) were buried at Shechem in the tract of land(CJ) that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver[d] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.

33 And Eleazar son of Aaron(CK) died and was buried at Gibeah,(CL) which had been allotted to his son Phinehas(CM) in the hill country(CN) of Ephraim.

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:6 Or charioteers
  2. Joshua 24:6 Or the Sea of Reeds
  3. Joshua 24:30 Also known as Timnath Heres (see Judges 2:9)
  4. Joshua 24:32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
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