Joshua:24:1-27

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ylt @Joshua:24:1 @And Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem , and calleth for the elders of Israel , and for its heads , and for its judges , and for its authorities , and they station themselves before God . ylt @Joshua:24:2 @And Joshua saith unto all the people , 'Thus said Jehovah , God of Israel , Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old -- Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor -- and they serve other gods ; ylt @Joshua:24:3 @and I take your father Abraham from beyond the River , and cause him to go through all the land of Canaan , and multiply his seed , and give to him Isaac . ylt @Joshua:24:4 @And I give to Isaac , Jacob and Esau ; and I give to Esau mount Seir , to possess it ; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to Egypt . ylt @Joshua:24:5 @And I send Moses and Aaron , and plague Egypt , as I have done in its midst , and afterwards I have brought you out . ylt @Joshua:24:6 @And I bring out your fathers from Egypt , and ye go into the sea , and the Egyptians pursue after your fathers , with chariot and with horsemen , to the Red Sea ; ylt @Joshua:24:7 @and they cry unto Jehovah , and He setteth thick darkness between you and the Egyptians , and bringeth on them the sea , and covereth them , and your eyes see that which I have done in Egypt ; and ye dwell in a wilderness many days . ylt @Joshua:24:8 @'And I bring you in unto the land of the Amorite who is dwelling beyond the Jordan , and they fight with you , and I give them into your hand , and ye possess their land , and I destroy them out of your presence . ylt @Joshua:24:9 @'And Balak son of Zippor , king of Moab , riseth and fighteth against Israel , and sendeth and calleth for Balaam son of Beor , to revile you , ylt @Joshua:24:10 @and I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam , and he doth greatly bless you , and I deliver you out of his hand . ylt @Joshua:24:11 @'And ye pass over the Jordan , and come in unto Jericho , and fight against you do the possessors of Jericho -- the Amorite , and the Perizzite , and the Canaanite , and the Hittite , and the Girgashite , the Hivite , and the Jebusite -- and I give them into your hand . ylt @Joshua:24:12 @And I send before you the hornet , and it casteth them out from your presence -- two kings of the Amorite -- not by thy sword , nor by thy bow . ylt @Joshua:24:13 @'And I give to you a land for which thou hast not laboured , and cities which ye have not built , and ye dwell in them ; of vineyards and olive-yards which ye have not planted ye are eating . ylt @Joshua:24:14 @'And now , fear ye Jehovah , and serve Him , in perfection and in truth , and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River , and in Egypt , and serve ye Jehovah ; ylt @Joshua:24:15 @and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah -- choose for you to-day whom ye do serve ; -- whether the gods whom your fathers served , which [are ] beyond the River , or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling ; and I and my house -- we serve Jehovah .' ylt @Joshua:24:16 @And the people answer and say , 'Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah , to serve other gods ; ylt @Joshua:24:17 @for Jehovah our God [is ] He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt , out of a house of servants , and who hath done before our eyes these great signs , and doth keep us in all the way in which we have gone , and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed ; ylt @Joshua:24:18 @and Jehovah casteth out the whole of the peoples , even the Amorite inhabiting the land , from our presence ; we also do serve Jehovah , for He [is ] our God .' ylt @Joshua:24:19 @And Joshua saith unto the people , 'Ye are not able to serve Jehovah , for a God most holy He [is ]; a zealous God He [is ]; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins . ylt @Joshua:24:20 @When ye forsake Jehovah , and have served gods of a stranger , then He hath turned back and done evil to you , and consumed you , after that He hath done good to you .' ylt @Joshua:24:21 @And the people saith unto Joshua , 'No , but Jehovah we do serve .' ylt @Joshua:24:22 @And Joshua saith unto the people , 'Witnesses ye are against yourselves , that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say , 'Witnesses !') ylt @Joshua:24:23 @and , now , turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are ] in your midst , and incline your heart unto Jehovah , God of Israel .' ylt @Joshua:24:24 @And the people say unto Joshua , 'Jehovah our God we serve , and to His voice we hearken .' ylt @Joshua:24:25 @And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day , and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance , in Shechem . ylt @Joshua:24:26 @And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God , and taketh a great stone , and raiseth it up there under the oak which [is ] in the sanctuary of Jehovah . ylt @Joshua:24:27 @And Joshua saith unto all the people , 'Lo , this stone is against us for a witness , for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us , and it hath been against you for a witness , lest ye lie against your God .'

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