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Joshua:24:1 @
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 .
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Joshua:24:2 @
And Joshua said unto all the people ,
Thus saith Jehovah ,
the God of Israel ,
Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River ,
even Terah ,
the father of Abraham ,
and the father of Nahor :
and they served other gods .
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Joshua:24:3 @
And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River ,
and led him throughout all the land of Canaan ,
and multiplied his seed ,
and gave him Isaac .
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Joshua:24:4 @
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau :
and I gave unto Esau mount Seir ,
to possess it :
and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt .
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Joshua:24:5 @
And I sent Moses and Aaron ,
and I plagued Egypt ,
according to that which I did in the midst thereof :
and afterward I brought you out .
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Joshua:24:6 @
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt :
and ye came unto the sea ;
and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea .
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Joshua:24:7 @
And when they cried out unto Jehovah ,
he put darkness between you and the Egyptians ,
and brought the sea upon them ,
and covered them ;
and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt :
and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days .
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Joshua:24:8 @
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites ,
that dwelt beyond the Jordan :
and they fought with you ;
and I gave them into your hand ,
and ye possessed their land ;
and I destroyed them from before you .
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Joshua:24:9 @
Then Balak the son of Zippor ,
king of Moab ,
arose and fought against Israel :
and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you ;
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Joshua:24:10 @
but I would not hearken unto Balaam ;
therefore he blessed you still :
so I delivered you out of his hand .
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Joshua:24:11 @
And ye went over the Jordan ,
and came unto Jericho :
and the men of Jericho fought against you ,
the Amorite ,
and the Perizzite ,
and the Canaanite ,
and the Hittite ,
and the Girgashite ,
the Hivite ,
and the Jebusite ;
and I delivered them into your hand .
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Joshua:24:12 @
And I sent the hornet before you ,
which drove them out from before you ,
even the two kings of the Amorites ;
not with thy sword ,
nor with thy bow .
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Joshua:24:13 @
And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not labored ,
and cities which ye built not ,
and ye dwell therein ;
of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat .
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Joshua:24:14 @
Now therefore fear Jehovah ,
and serve him in sincerity and in truth ;
and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River ,
and in Egypt ;
and serve ye Jehovah .
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Joshua:24:15 @
And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah ,
choose you this day whom ye will serve ;
whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River ,
or the gods of the Amorites ,
in whose land ye dwell :
but as for me and my house ,
we will serve Jehovah .
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Joshua:24:16 @
And the people answered and said ,
Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah ,
to serve other gods ;
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Joshua:24:17 @
for Jehovah our God ,
he it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt ,
from the house of bondage ,
and that did those great signs in our sight ,
and preserved us in all the way wherein we went ,
and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed ;
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Joshua:24:18 @
and Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples ,
even the Amorites that dwelt in the land :
therefore we also will serve Jehovah ;
for he is our God .
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Joshua:24:19 @
And Joshua said unto the people ,
Ye cannot serve Jehovah ;
for he is a holy God ;
he is a jealous God ;
he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins .
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Joshua:24:20 @
If ye forsake Jehovah ,
and serve foreign gods ,
then he will turn and do you evil ,
and consume you ,
after that he hath done you good .
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Joshua:24:21 @
And the people said unto Joshua ,
Nay ;
but we will serve Jehovah .
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Joshua:24:22 @
And Joshua said unto the people ,
Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah ,
to serve him .
And they said ,
We are witnesses .
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Joshua:24:23 @
Now therefore put away ,
said he ,
the foreign gods which are among you ,
and incline your heart unto Jehovah ,
the God of Israel .
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Joshua:24:24 @
And the people said unto Joshua ,
Jehovah our God will we serve ,
and unto his voice will we hearken .
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Joshua:24:25 @
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day ,
and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem .
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Joshua:24:26 @
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God ;
and he took a great stone ,
and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah .
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Joshua:24:27 @
And Joshua said unto all the people ,
Behold ,
this stone shall be a witness against us ;
for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us :
it shall be therefore a witness against you ,
lest ye deny your God .