Joshua 24 (NET)

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Joshua 24:1¹Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 23:2 1 Sam 10:19 1 Kgs 12:1 Acts 10:33 Exod 18:25-26 Gen 12:6 Gen 33:18-19 Judg 9:1-3 Gen 35:4

Joshua 24:2²Joshua 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, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 24:15 Ezek 16:3 Gen 31:30 Deut 26:5 Gen 31:19 Gen 31:32 Gen 31:53 Gen 35:4 Isa 51:2 Gen 11:26-12:1

Joshua 24:3³but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 12:1-4 Acts 7:2-3 Gen 21:2-3 Gen 15:5 Neh 9:7-8 Ps 127:3

Joshua 24:4⁴and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 2:5 Gen 36:8 Acts 7:15 Gen 25:24-26 Gen 32:3 Gen 46:1-7 Ps 105:23

Joshua 24:5⁵I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land. Then I brought you out.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 3:10 Exod 7:1-12 Exod 12:37 Exod 12:51 Exod 4:12-14 Ps 105:26-36 Ps 135:8-9 Ps 136:10 Ps 78:43-51

Joshua 24:6⁶When 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 7:36 Heb 11:29 Exod 12:37 Exod 12:51 Exod 14:1-15 Isa 63:12-13 Mic 6:4 Neh 9:11 Ps 136:13-15 Ps 77:15-20

Joshua 24:7⁷Your fathers cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, and then he drowned them in the sea. You witnessed with your very own eyes what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 4:34 Exod 14:10 Exod 14:20 Exod 14:27-28 Exod 14:31 Neh 9:12-21 Ps 95:9-10 Deut 1:46 Deut 29:2 Josh 5:6

Joshua 24:8⁸Then 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 their land, and I destroyed them from before you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 21:21-35 Deut 2:32-3:7 Josh 13:10 Neh 9:22 Ps 135:10-11 Ps 136:17-22

Joshua 24:9⁹Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment on you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 11:25 Mic 6:5 Num 22:2 Deut 23:4-5 Num 22:5-21

Joshua 24:10¹⁰I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 23:5 Isa 54:17 Num 24:5-10 Num 22:11-12 Num 22:35 Num 23:3-12 Num 23:15-26 Num 22:18-20

Joshua 24:11¹¹You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 3:14-17 Josh 4:10-12 Acts 13:19 Acts 7:45 Deut 7:1 Exod 23:23 Josh 10:1-11 Josh 4:23 Josh 6:1-27 Neh 9:24-25

Joshua 24:12¹²I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 7:20 Exod 23:28 Ps 44:3-6

Joshua 24:13¹³I gave you a land in which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build, and you are eating the produce of vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 6:10-12 Deut 8:7 Josh 21:45 Prov 13:22 Josh 11:13

Joshua 24:14¹⁴“Now obey the Lord and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and worship the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 12:24 Deut 10:12 Gen 35:2 Josh 24:23 2 Cor 1:12 Ps 119:1 John 4:23-24 Ezek 20:18 2 Kgs 20:3 Acts 9:31

Joshua 24:15¹⁵If you have no desire to worship the Lord, then choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:21 John 6:67-68 Ruth 1:15-16 Deut 29:18 Ezek 20:39 Acts 11:23 Exod 23:32-33 Judg 6:10 Exod 23:24 Gen 18:19

Joshua 24:16¹⁶The people responded, “Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can worship other gods!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 10:38-39 1 Sam 12:23 Rom 3:6 Rom 6:2

Joshua 24:17¹⁷For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery in the land of Egypt and performed these awesome miracles before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 19:4 Isa 63:7-14 Amos 2:9-10 Deut 32:11-12 Isa 46:4 Josh 24:5-14

Joshua 24:18¹⁸The Lord drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship the Lord, for he is our God!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 10:2 Mic 4:2 Ps 116:16 Luke 1:73-75 Zech 8:23 Exod 15:2

Joshua 24:19¹⁹Joshua warned the people, “You will not keep worshiping the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 23:21 Isa 5:16 Ps 99:5 Ps 99:9 Exod 20:5 Lev 19:2 1 Sam 6:20 Exod 34:14 Isa 6:3-5 1 Cor 10:20-22

Joshua 24:20²⁰If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you; he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, though he once treated you well.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 10:26-27 1 Chr 28:9 Acts 7:42 Ezek 18:24 Jer 17:13 2 Chr 15:2 Ezra 8:22 Isa 1:28 Isa 63:10 Isa 65:11-12

Joshua 24:21²¹The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will worship the Lord.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 5:27-28 Exod 19:8 Exod 20:19 Isa 44:5 Exod 24:3 Exod 24:7

Joshua 24:22²²Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?” They replied, “We are witnesses!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 119:173 Ps 119:11 Job 15:6 Luke 10:42 Deut 26:17 Luke 19:22

Joshua 24:23²³Joshua said, “Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the Lord God of Israel.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:16-18 Josh 24:14 1 Sam 7:3-4 Gen 35:2-4 Heb 12:28-29 Judg 10:15-16 Prov 2:2 1 Cor 10:19-21 1 Kgs 8:58 Exod 20:23

Joshua 24:24²⁴The people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 24:7 Exod 24:3 Deut 5:27-29

Joshua 24:25²⁵That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 23:16 Exod 15:25 Neh 9:38 2 Kgs 11:17 2 Chr 15:12 2 Chr 15:15 2 Chr 29:10 2 Chr 34:29-32 Deut 29:1 Deut 29:10-15

Joshua 24:26²⁶Joshua 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 9:6 Gen 35:4 Deut 31:24-26 Exod 24:4 Gen 28:18-22 Gen 35:8 Josh 4:20-24 Josh 4:3-9

Joshua 24:27²⁷Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 19:40 Josh 22:34 Deut 31:26 Josh 22:27-28 Matt 10:33 1 Sam 7:12 2 Tim 2:12-13 Deut 31:21 Deut 32:1 Isa 1:2

Joshua 24:28²⁸When Joshua dismissed the people, they went to their allotted portions of land.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 2:6

Joshua 24:29²⁹After all this Joshua son of Nun, the Lord ’s servant, died at the age of 110.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 2:8 2 Tim 4:7-8 Deut 34:5 Gen 50:22 Gen 50:26 Ps 115:17 Rev 14:13

Joshua 24:30³⁰They buried him in his allotted territory in Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 19:50 2 Sam 23:30 Judg 2:9

Joshua 24:31³¹Israel worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 2:7 Deut 31:13 Deut 11:2 Deut 31:29 2 Chr 24:17-18 2 Chr 24:2 Acts 20:29 Deut 11:7 Phil 2:12

Joshua 24:32³²The 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. So it became the inheritance of the tribe of Joseph.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 50:25 Gen 33:19 Exod 13:19 Acts 7:16 Gen 48:22 Heb 11:22 John 4:5