Joshua 24

Verse 1

WEB Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

KJV 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.

TSK Shechem: ge 12:6, ge 33:18,19, ge 35:4, jud 9:1-3, 1ki 12:1; called: jos 23:2, ex 18:25,26; presented: 1sa 10:19, ac 10:33

Verse 2

WEB Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

KJV And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

TSK Your fathers: ge 11:26,31, ge 12:1, ge 31:53, de 26:5, isa 51:2, eze 16:3; served other gods: jos 24:15, ge 31:19,30,32,53, ge 35:4

Verse 3

WEB 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.

KJV And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

TSK I took: ge 12:1-4, ne 9:7,8, ac 7:2,3; gave: ge 21:2,3, ps 127:3

Verse 4

WEB I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

KJV And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

TSK unto Isaac: ge 25:24-26; unto Esau: ge 32:3, ge 36:8, de 2:5; Jacob: ge 46:1-7, ps 105:23, ac 7:15

Verse 5

WEB “‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in its midst: and afterward I brought you out.

KJV I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

TSK sent: ex 3:10, ex 4:12,13, ps 105:26; plagued: ex 7:1-12, ps 78:43-51, ps 105:27-36, ps 135:8,9, ps 136:10

Verse 6

WEB I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.

KJV And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

TSK I brought: ex 12:37,51, mic 6:4; Egyptians: ex 14:1-15, ne 9:11, ps 77:15-20, ps 78:13, ps 136:13-15, isa 63:12,13, ac 7:36, heb 11:29

Verse 7

WEB When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.

KJV And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

TSK And when: ex 14:10; he put: ex 14:20; brought: ex 14:27,28; your eyes: ex 14:31, de 4:34, de 29:2; ye dwelt: jos 5:6, nu 14:33,34, ne 9:12-21, ps 95:9,10, ac 13:17,18, heb 3:17

Verse 8

WEB “‘I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

KJV And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

TSK And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.: jos 13:10, nu 21:21-35, de 2:32-37, de 3:1-7, ne 9:22, ps 135:10,11, ps 136:17-22

Verse 9

WEB Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

KJV Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

TSK Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:: nu 22:5,6-21, de 23:4,5, jud 11:25, mic 6:5

Verse 10

WEB but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

KJV But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

TSK But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.: nu 22:11,12,18-20,35, nu 23:3-12,15-26, nu 24:5-10, isa 54:17

Verse 11

WEB “‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

KJV And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

TSK And ye: jos 3:14-17, jos 4:10-12,23, ps 114:3,5; the men: jos 6:1-27, jos 10:1-11, ne 9:24,25, ps 78:54,55, ps 105:44, ac 7:45, ac 13:19

Verse 12

WEB I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.

KJV And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

TSK I sent: ex 23:28, de 7:20; not: ps 44:3-6

Verse 13

WEB I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’

KJV And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

TSK And I: jos 21:45; cities: jos 11:13, de 6:10-12, de 8:7, pr 13:22

Verse 14

WEB “Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.

KJV Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

TSK fear: de 10:12, 1sa 12:24, job 1:1, job 28:28, ps 111:10, ps 130:4, ho 3:5, ac 9:31; serve: jos 24:23, ge 17:1, ge 20:5,6, de 18:13, 2ki 20:3, ps 119:1,80, lu 8:15, joh 4:23,24, 2co 1:12, eph 6:24, php 1:10; put: jos 24:2,23, ge 35:2, ex 20:3,4, le 17:7, ezr 9:11, eze 20:18, am 5:25,26; in Egypt: eze 20:7,8, eze 23:3

Verse 15

WEB If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

KJV And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

TSK choose: ru 1:15,16, 1ki 18:21, eze 20:39, joh 6:67; or the gods: ex 23:24,32,33, ex 34:15, de 13:7, de 29:18, jud 6:10; as for me: ge 18:19, ps 101:2, ps 119:106,111,112, joh 6:68, ac 11:23

Verse 16

WEB The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;

KJV And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

TSK And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;: 1sa 12:23, ro 3:6, ro 6:2, heb 10:38,39

Verse 17

WEB for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.

KJV For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

TSK For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:: jos 24:5-14, ex 19:4, de 32:11,12, isa 46:4, isa 63:7-14, am 2:9,10

Verse 18

WEB Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God.”

KJV And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

TSK will we also: ex 10:2, ex 15:2, ps 116:16, mic 4:2, zec 8:23, lu 1:73-75

Verse 19

WEB Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

KJV And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

TSK Ye cannot: jos 24:23, ru 1:15, mt 6:24, lu 14:25-33; holy: le 10:3, le 19:2, 1sa 6:20, ps 99:5,9, isa 5:16, isa 6:3-5, isa 30:11,15, hab 1:13; a jealous: ex 20:5, ex 34:14, 1co 10:20-22; he will not: ex 23:21, ex 34:7, 1sa 3:14, 2ch 36:16, isa 27:11

Verse 20

WEB If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”

KJV If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

TSK he will turn: jos 23:12-15, 1ch 28:9, 2ch 15:2, ezr 8:22, isa 1:28, isa 63:10, isa 65:11,12, jer 17:13, eze 18:24, ac 7:42, heb 10:26,27,38

Verse 21

WEB The people said to Joshua, “No; but we will serve Yahweh.”

KJV And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.

TSK Nay: ex 19:8, ex 20:19, ex 24:3,7, de 5:27,28, de 26:17, isa 44:5

Verse 22

WEB Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”

KJV And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

TSK Ye are witnesses: de 26:17, job 15:6, lu 19:22; ye have: ps 119:11,173, lu 10:42

Verse 23

WEB “Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”

KJV Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

TSK put away: jos 24:14, ge 35:2-4, ex 20:23, jud 10:15,16, 1sa 7:3,4, ho 14:2,3,8, 1co 10:19-21, 2co 6:16-18; incline: pr 2:2, heb 12:28,29

Verse 24

WEB The people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.”

KJV And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

TSK And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.: de 5:28,29

Verse 25

WEB So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

KJV So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

TSK made: ex 15:25, ex 24:3,7,8, de 5:2,3, de 29:1,10-15, 2ki 11:17, 2ch 15:12,15, 2ch 23:16, 2ch 29:10, 2ch 34:29-32, ne 9:38, ne 10:28,29; in Shechem: jos 24:1,26

Verse 26

WEB 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 Yahweh.

KJV And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

TSK Joshua: ex 24:4, de 31:24-26; took: jud 9:6; set it: jos 4:3-9,20-24, ge 28:18-22; under: ge 35:4,8, jud 9:6

Verse 27

WEB Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”

KJV And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

TSK And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for: jos 22:27,28,34, ge 31:44-52, de 4:26, de 30:19, de 31:19,21,26, 1sa 7:12; it hath: de 32:1, isa 1:2, hab 2:11, lu 19:40; deny: job 31:23, pr 30:9, mt 10:33, 2ti 2:12,13, tit 1:16, re 3:8

Verse 28

WEB So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

KJV So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

TSK So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.: jud 2:6

Verse 29

WEB It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred and ten years old.

KJV And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

TSK after these: de 34:5, jud 2:8, ps 115:17, 2ti 4:7,8, re 14:13; an hundred: ge 50:22,26

Verse 30

WEB They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

KJV And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

TSK Timnath-serah: jos 19:50, jud 2:9; Gaash: 2sa 23:30

Verse 31

WEB Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.

KJV And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.

TSK served: de 31:29, jud 2:7, 2ch 24:2,17,18, ac 20:29, php 2:12; which had: de 11:2,7, de 31:13

Verse 32

WEB They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

KJV And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

TSK bones: ge 50:25, ex 13:19, ac 7:16, heb 11:22; buried: ge 33:19, ge 48:22

Verse 33

WEB Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

KJV And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

TSK Eleazar: jos 14:1, ex 6:23,25, nu 3:32, nu 20:26-28; died: job 30:23, ps 49:10, isa 57:1,2, zec 1:5, ac 13:36, heb 7:24, heb 9:26,27; Phinehas: jud 20:28