Joshua Reviews Israel’s History 2 ULT And Joshua said to all of the people,“Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel:‘Your fathers dwelled from long ago beyond the river, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor. And they served other gods. BSB BSB: And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
3 ULT And I took your father Abraham from beyond the river and brought him into all of the land of Canaan. And I multiplied his seed and gave to him Isaac. BSB BSB: But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,
4 ULT And I gave Jacob and Esau to Isaac, and I gave to Esau the hill country of Seir to possess it, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. BSB BSB: and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
5 ULT And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt according to what I did in the midst of it. And afterward I brought you out. BSB BSB: Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.
6 ULT And I brought your fathers out from Egypt, and you came to the sea. And Egypt chased after your fathers with chariot and horsemen to the Sea of Reeds. BSB BSB: When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.
7 ULT And they cried out to Yahweh, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea over him and covered him. And your eyes saw what I did against Egypt. And you dwelled in the wilderness many days. BSB BSB: So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
8 ULT And I brought you to the land of the Amorite, the ones dwelling on the other side of the Jordan, and they fought with you. And I gave them into your hand, and you possessed their land, and I destroyed them from your faces. BSB BSB: Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
9 ULT And Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, arose and fought with Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam, the son of Beor, to curse you. BSB BSB: Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
10 ULT But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. And blessing, he blessed you, and I delivered you from his hand. BSB BSB: but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.
11 ULT And you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought with you, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. And I gave them into your hand. BSB BSB: After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
12 ULT And I sent the hornet to your faces, and it dispossessed them out from your faces, the two kings of the Amorite, not by your sword and not by your bow. BSB BSB: I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
13 ULT And I gave to you a land for which you had not labored and cities that you had not built, and you dwelled in them. You{ are} eating vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’ BSB BSB: So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
Choose Whom You Will Serve (Deuteronomy 10:12–22)
14 ULT And now, you shall fear Yahweh and serve him with sincerity and with faithfulness. And you shall remove the gods that your fathers served beyond the river and in Egypt, and you shall serve Yahweh. BSB BSB: Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
15 ULT But if{ it is} evil in your eyes to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve, whether the gods that your fathers served that were beyond the river or the gods of the Amorite in whose land you{ are} dwelling. But I and my house, we will serve Yahweh.” BSB BSB: But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
16 ULT And the people answered and said,“Profane to us from leaving Yahweh to serve other gods! BSB BSB: The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
17 ULT For Yahweh, he{ is} our God, the one having brought us and our fathers up from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves, and who did these great signs before our eyes. And he kept us in all of the way in which we went and among all the peoples in whose midst we passed. BSB BSB: For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
18 ULT And Yahweh dispossessed from our faces all of the peoples and the Amorite, the dweller{ in} the land. We ourselves will serve Yahweh, for he{ is} our God.” BSB BSB: And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
19 ULT And Joshua said to the people,“You will not be able to serve Yahweh, for he{ is} a holy God, he{ is} a jealous God. He will not lift your transgressions and your sins. BSB BSB: But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
20 ULT If you forsake Yahweh and serve the gods of the foreigner, then he will turn and do harm to you and finish you, after when he has done good to you.” BSB BSB: If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
21 ULT And the people said to Joshua,“No, but we will serve Yahweh.” BSB BSB: “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
22 ULT And Joshua said to the people,“You{ are} witnesses against yourselves that you yourselves have chosen Yahweh for yourselves, to serve him.” And they said,“Witnesses.” BSB BSB: Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
23 ULT “And now, remove the gods of the foreigner that are in your midst, and stretch out your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.” BSB BSB: “Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
24 ULT And the people said to Joshua,“We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.” BSB BSB: So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
25 ULT And Joshua cut a covenant for the people on that day. And he set for them a statute and a judgment in Shechem. BSB BSB: On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
26 ULT And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the instruction of God. And he took a great stone and set it up there beneath the oak tree that{ was} at the Holy Place of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
27 ULT And Joshua said to all of the people,“Behold, this stone will be for a witness against us, for it has heard all of the words of Yahweh that he spoke to us. And it will be for a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God.” BSB BSB: And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
28 ULT And Joshua sent the people away, a man to his inheritance. BSB BSB: Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
Joshua’s Death and Burial (Judges 2:6–9)
29 ULT And it happened after these things that Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, a son of 110 years. BSB BSB: Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
30 ULT And they buried him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath Serah, which{ is} in the hill country of Ephraim, from the north to Mount Gaash. BSB BSB: And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
31 ULT And Israel served Yahweh all of the days of Joshua and all of the days of the elders who lengthened days after Joshua and who knew every deed of Yahweh that he had done for Israel. BSB BSB: Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.
32 ULT And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel had brought up from Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 100 qesitah. And it was to the sons of Joseph for an inheritance. BSB BSB: And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
33 ULT And Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died. And they buried him in Gibeah of Phinehas his son, which had been given to him in the hill country of Ephraim. BSB BSB: Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
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