Joshua:24

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drb @Joshua:24:1 @And Josue gathered together all the tribes of Israel in Sichem , and called for the ancients , and the princes , and the judges , and the masters : and they stood in the sight of the Lord : drb @Joshua:24:2 @And he spoke thus to the people : Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel : Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river , Thare the father of Abraham , and Nachor : and they served strange gods . drb @Joshua:24:3 @And I took your father Abraham from the borders of Mesopotamia : and brought him into the land of Chanaan : and I multiplied his seed , drb @Joshua:24:4 @And gave him Isaac : and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau . And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession : but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt . drb @Joshua:24:5 @And I sent Moses and Aaron , and I struck Egypt with many signs and wonders . drb @Joshua:24:6 @And I brought you and your fathers out of Egypt , and you came to the sea : and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen , as far as the Red Sea . drb @Joshua:24:7 @And the children of Israel cried to the Lord : and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians , and brought the sea upon them , and covered them . Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt , and you dwelt in the wilderness a long time : drb @Joshua:24:8 @And I brought you into the land of the Amorrhite , who dwelt beyond the Jordan . And when they fought against you , I delivered them into your hands , and you possessed their land , and slew them . drb @Joshua:24:9 @And Balac son of Sephor king of Moab arose and fought against Israel . And he sent and called for Balaam son of Beor , to curse you : drb @Joshua:24:10 @And I would not hear him , but on the contrary I blessed you by him , and I delivered you out of his hand . drb @Joshua:24:11 @And you passed over the Jordan , and you came to Jericho . And the men of that city fought against you , the Amorrhite , and the Pherezite , and the Chanaanite , and the Hethite , and the Gergesite , and the Hevite , and the Jebusite : and I delivered them into your hands . drb @Joshua:24:12 @And I sent before you hornets : and I drove them out from their places , the two kings of the Amorrhites , not with thy sword nor with thy bow . drb @Joshua:24:13 @And I gave you a land , in which you had not laboured , and cities to dwell in which you built not , vineyards and oliveyards , which you planted not . drb @Joshua:24:14 @Now therefore fear the Lord , and serve him with a perfect and most sincere heart : and put away the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt , and serve the Lord . drb @Joshua:24:15 @But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord , you have your choice : choose this day that which pleaseth you , whom you would rather serve , whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia , or the gods of the Amorrhites , in whose land you dwell : but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord . drb @Joshua:24:16 @And the people answered , and said : God forbid we should leave the Lord , and serve strange gods . drb @Joshua:24:17 @The Lord our God he brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt , out of the house of bondage : and did very great signs in our sight , and preserved us in all the way by which we journeyed , and among all the people through whom we passed . drb @Joshua:24:18 @And he hath cast out all the nations , the Amorrhite the inhabitant of the land into which we are come . Therefore we will serve the Lord , for he is our God . drb @Joshua:24:19 @And Josue said to the people : You will not be able to serve the Lord : for he is a holy God , and mighty and jealous , and will not forgive your wickedness and sins . drb @Joshua:24:20 @If you leave the Lord , and serve strange gods , he will turn , and will afflict you , and will destroy you after all the good he hath done you drb @Joshua:24:21 @And the people said to Josue : No , it shall not be so as thou sayest , but we will serve the Lord . drb @Joshua:24:22 @And Josue said to the people : You are witnesses , that you yourselves have chosen you the Lord to serve him . And they answered : We are witnesses . drb @Joshua:24:23 @Now therefore , said he , put away strange gods from among you , and incline your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel . drb @Joshua:24:24 @And the people said to Josue : We will serve the Lord our God , and we will be obedient to his commandments . drb @Joshua:24:25 @Josue therefore on that day made a covenant , and set before the people commandments and judgments in Sichem . drb @Joshua:24:26 @And he wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the Lord : and he took a great stone , and set it under the oak that was in the sanctuary of the Lord . drb @Joshua:24:27 @And he said to all the people : Behold this stone shall be a testimony unto you , that it hath heard all the words of the Lord , which he hath spoken to you : lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it , and lie to the Lord your God . drb @Joshua:24:28 @And he sent the people away every one to their own possession . drb @Joshua:24:29 @And after these things Josue the son of Null the servant of the Lord died , being a hundred and ten years old : drb @Joshua:24:30 @And they buried him in the border of his possession in Thamnathsare , which is situate in mount Ephraim , on the north side of mount Gaas . drb @Joshua:24:31 @31And Israel served the Lord all the days of Josue , and of the ancients that lived a long time after Josue , and that had known all the works of the Lord which he had done in Israel . drb @Joshua:24:32 @And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel had taken out of Egypt , they buried in Sichem , in that part of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hemor the father of Sichem , for a hundred young ewes , and it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph . drb @Joshua:24:33 @Eleazar also the son of Aaron died : and they buried him in Gabaath that belongeth to Phinees his son , which was given him in mount Ephraim .

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