Joshua 24
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The Tribes Renew the Covenant
24 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors—Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor—lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods. 3 Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac; 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt. 5 Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt with what I did in its midst; and afterwards I brought you out. 6 When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your ancestors with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.[a] 7 When they cried out to the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea come upon them and cover them; and your eyes saw what I did to Egypt. Afterwards you lived in the wilderness for a long time. 8 Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan; they fought with you, and I handed them over to you, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you. 9 Then King Balak, son of Zippor of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent and invited Balaam son of Beor to curse you, 10 but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you; so I rescued you out of his hand. 11 When you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho, the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I handed them over to you. 12 I sent the hornet[b] ahead of you, which drove out before you the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow. 13 I gave you a land on which you had not laboured, and towns that you had not built, and you live in them; you eat the fruit of vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.
14 ‘Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.’
16 Then the people answered, ‘Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; 17 for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; 18 and the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.’
19 But Joshua said to the people, ‘You cannot serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. 20 If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after having done you good.’ 21 And the people said to Joshua, ‘No, we will serve the Lord!’ 22 Then Joshua said to the people, ‘You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him.’ And they said, ‘We are witnesses.’ 23 He said, ‘Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.’ 24 The people said to Joshua, ‘The Lord our God we will serve, and him we will obey.’ 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made statutes and ordinances for them at Shechem. 26 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak in the sanctuary of the Lord. 27 Joshua said to all the people, ‘See, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us; therefore it shall be a witness against you, if you deal falsely with your God.’ 28 So Joshua sent the people away to their inheritances.
Death of Joshua and Eleazar
29 After these things Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old. 30 They buried him in his own inheritance at Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
31 Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known all the work that the Lord did for Israel.
32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the portion of ground that Jacob had bought from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money;[c] it became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.
33 Eleazar son of Aaron died; and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of his son Phinehas, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
Footnotes
- Joshua 24:6 Or Sea of Reeds
- Joshua 24:12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Joshua 24:32 Heb one hundred qesitah
Joshua 24
King James Version
24 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.
2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
7 And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
11 And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
14 Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;
17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
18 And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the Lord; for he is our God.
19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
20 If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord.
22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.
24 And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.
32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Josua 24
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Josuas sista tal till folket
24 (A) Josua samlade alla Israels stammar till Shekem. Han kallade till sig de äldste i Israel, dess huvudmän, domare och förmän, och de trädde fram inför Gud. 2 (B) Och Josua sade till allt folket:
”Så säger Herren, Israels Gud: På andra sidan floden bodde era fäder i forna tider, och även Tera, Abrahams och Nahors far. Där tjänade de andra gudar. 3 (C) Men jag hämtade er fader Abraham från andra sidan floden och lät honom vandra genom hela Kanaans land, och jag gjorde hans avkomma talrik. Jag gav honom Isak, 4 (D) och åt Isak gav jag Jakob och Esau. Jag gav Seirs bergsbygd till besittning åt Esau. Men Jakob och hans söner drog ner till Egypten.
5 (E) Sedan sände jag Mose och Aron och slog Egypten med plågor som jag sände bland dem, och därefter förde jag er ut. 6 (F) När jag förde era fäder ut ur Egypten och ni hade kommit till havet, förföljde egyptierna era fäder med vagnar och ryttare[a] ända till Röda havet. 7 (G) Då ropade de till Herren, och han satte mörker mellan er och egyptierna och lät havet komma över dem så att det täckte dem. Ni såg med egna ögon vad jag gjorde med egyptierna. Sedan bodde ni i öknen en lång tid.
8 (H) Därefter förde jag er in i amoreernas land, de som bodde på andra sidan Jordan. Och de stred mot er, men jag gav dem i er hand så att ni intog deras land, och jag förgjorde dem för er. 9 (I) Då reste sig Balak, Sippors son, kungen i Moab, och gav sig i strid med Israel. Och han sände bud efter Bileam, Beors son, för att förbanna er. 10 Men jag ville inte höra på Bileam, utan han måste välsigna er, och jag räddade er ur hans hand.
11 (J) När ni hade gått över Jordan och kommit till Jeriko stred Jerikos invånare mot er, och det gjorde även amoreerna, perisseerna, kananeerna, hetiterna, girgasheerna, hiveerna och jebusiterna. Men jag gav dem i er hand. 12 (K) Jag sände panik[b] framför er, och det jagade bort amoreernas båda kungar framför er. Det var inte genom ditt svärd eller din båge. 13 (L) Och jag gav er ett land som ni inte hade arbetat med och städer som ni inte hade byggt, och i dem fick ni bo. Ni fick äta av vingårdar och olivlundar som ni inte hade planterat.
14 Så frukta nu Herren och tjäna honom helhjärtat och i sanning. Gör er av med de gudar som era fäder tjänade på andra sidan floden och i Egypten, och tjäna Herren. 15 Men om ni inte vill tjäna Herren, så välj i dag vem ni vill tjäna, antingen de gudar som era fäder tjänade på andra sidan floden eller de gudar som dyrkas av amoreerna i vilkas land ni bor. Men jag och mitt hus, vi vill tjäna Herren.”
16 Då svarade folket: ”Aldrig att vi skulle överge Herren och tjäna andra gudar! 17 För Herren är vår Gud, han är den som har fört oss och våra fäder ut ur Egyptens land, ur träldomshuset. Han har gjort dessa stora under inför våra ögon och bevarat oss hela den väg vi har vandrat och bland alla de folk vilkas land vi har dragit igenom. 18 Herren har jagat i väg alla dessa folk för oss, också amoreerna som bodde i landet. Vi vill också tjäna Herren, för han är vår Gud.”
19 (M) Josua sade till folket: ”Ni kan inte tjäna Herren, för han är en helig Gud. Han är en nitisk Gud, och han kommer inte att tolerera era överträdelser och era synder. 20 (N) Om ni överger Herren och tjänar främmande gudar, kommer han att vända sig bort och låta det gå er illa och förgöra er, efter att förut ha gjort er gott.” 21 Men folket sade till Josua: ”Nej, vi vill tjäna Herren!” 22 Då sade Josua till folket: ”Ni är nu själva vittnen mot er, att ni har valt Herren för att tjäna honom.” De svarade: ”Ja.” 23 (O) Han sade: ”Gör er då av med de främmande gudar som ni har bland er, och vänd era hjärtan till Herren, Israels Gud!” 24 Folket svarade Josua: ”Herren vår Gud vill vi tjäna, och hans röst vill vi lyda.”
25 Den dagen slöt Josua ett förbund[c] med folket och gav dem lag och rätt i Shekem. 26 (P) Josua nertecknade allt detta i Guds lagbok. Han tog en stor sten och reste den där under terebinten som stod vid Herrens helgedom. 27 Och Josua sade till allt folket: ”Se, denna sten ska vara vittne mot oss, för den har hört alla de ord som Herren har talat med oss. Den ska vara vittne mot er så att ni inte förnekar er Gud.” 28 (Q) Sedan lät Josua folket gå, var och en till sin arvedel.
Josuas och Eleasars död
29 (R) En tid härefter[d] dog Herrens tjänare Josua, Nuns son, hundratio år gammal. 30 (S) Och man begravde honom på hans arvedels område, i Timnat-Sera i Efraims bergsbygd, norr om berget Gaash.
31 Och Israel tjänade Herren så länge Josua levde och så länge de äldste levde, de som var kvar efter Josua och kände till alla de gärningar som Herren hade gjort för Israel.
32 (T) Josefs ben, som Israels barn hade fört upp ur Egypten, begravde de i Shekem, på den mark som Jakob hade köpt av barnen till Hamor, Shekems far, för hundra kesitor[e]. Josefs barn fick detta till arvedel.
33 Även Eleasar, Arons son, dog, och man begravde honom på den höjd som hans son Pinehas hade fått i Efraims bergsbygd.
Footnotes
- 24:6 ryttare Annan översättning: ”förare” eller ”hästar” (så Septuaginta).
- 24:12 panik Annan översättning (så Septuaginta): ”getingar”.
- 24:25 förbund Josuas tal (vers 2-15) liknar en förbundstext mellan härskare och underlydande: först återberättas härskarens välgärningar, därefter specificeras de villkor som folket har att lyda.
- 24:29 En tid härefter Josua dog troligen ca 1375 f Kr.
- 24:32 kesitor En okänd, urgammal värdeenhet. Septuaginta: ”lamm”.
Joshua 24
New King James Version
The Covenant at Shechem(A)
24 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to (B)Shechem and (C)called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they (D)presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: (E)‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of [a]the River in old times; and (F)they served other gods. 3 (G)Then I took your father Abraham from the other side of [b]the River, led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his [c]descendants and (H)gave him Isaac. 4 To Isaac I gave (I)Jacob and Esau. To (J)Esau I gave the mountains of Seir to possess, (K)but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt. 5 (L)Also I sent Moses and Aaron, and (M)I plagued Egypt, according to what I did among them. Afterward I brought you out.
6 ‘Then I (N)brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. 7 So they cried out to the Lord; and He put (O)darkness between you and the Egyptians, brought the sea upon them, and covered them. And (P)your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. Then you dwelt in the wilderness (Q)a long time. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt on the other side of the Jordan, (R)and they fought with you. But I gave them into your hand, that you might possess their land, and I destroyed them from before you. 9 Then (S)Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose to make war against Israel, and (T)sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you. 10 (U)But I would not listen to Balaam; (V)therefore he continued to bless you. So I delivered you out of his hand. 11 Then (W)you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And (X)the men of Jericho fought against you—also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I delivered them into your hand. 12 (Y)I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you, also the two kings of the Amorites, but (Z)not with your sword or with your bow. 13 I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and (AA)cities which you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat of the vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.’
14 (AB)“Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in (AC)sincerity and in truth, and (AD)put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of [d]the River and (AE)in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, (AF)choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether (AG)the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of [e]the River, or (AH)the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. (AI)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
16 So the people answered and said: “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; 17 for the Lord our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom we passed. 18 And the Lord drove out from before us all the people, including the Amorites who dwelt in the land. (AJ)We also will serve the Lord, for He is our God.”
19 But Joshua said to the people, (AK)“You cannot serve the Lord, for He is a (AL)holy God. He is (AM)a jealous God; (AN)He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 (AO)If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, (AP)then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good.”
21 And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord!”
22 So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that (AQ)you have chosen the Lord for yourselves, to serve Him.”
And they said, “We are witnesses!”
23 “Now therefore,” he said, (AR)“put away the foreign gods which are among you, and (AS)incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.”
24 And the people (AT)said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!”
25 So Joshua (AU)made[f] a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance (AV)in Shechem.
26 Then Joshua (AW)wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took (AX)a large stone, and (AY)set it up there (AZ)under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. 27 And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be (BA)a witness to us, for (BB)it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.” 28 So (BC)Joshua let the people depart, each to his own inheritance.
Death of Joshua and Eleazar
29 (BD)Now it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at (BE)Timnath Serah, which is in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.
31 (BF)Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had (BG)known all the works of the Lord which He had done for Israel.
32 (BH)The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground (BI)which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred [g]pieces of silver, and which had become an inheritance of the children of Joseph.
33 And (BJ)Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to (BK)Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.
Footnotes
- Joshua 24:2 The Euphrates
- Joshua 24:3 The Euphrates
- Joshua 24:3 Lit. seed
- Joshua 24:14 The Euphrates
- Joshua 24:15 The Euphrates
- Joshua 24:25 Lit. cut a covenant
- Joshua 24:32 Heb. qesitah, an unknown ancient measure of weight
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