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Book of Joshua, Chapter 24

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Chapter 24 of Joshua—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then 1Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
  2. Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the [a]River, namely, 2Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.
  3. Then 3I took your father Abraham from beyond the [b]River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and 4multiplied his [c]descendants and gave him 5Isaac.
  4. To Isaac I gave 6Jacob and Esau, and 7to Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it; but 8Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
  5. Then 9I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt [d]by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out.
  6. I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and 10you came to the sea; and Egypt pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the [e]Red Sea.
  7. But when they cried out to the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And 11you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
  8. Then 12I brought you into the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan, and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land when I destroyed them before you.
  9. Then 13Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.
  10. But I 14was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.
  11. 15You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and 16the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. Thus 17I gave them into your hand.
  12. Then I 18sent the hornet before you and it [f]drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, but 19not by your sword or your bow.
  13. 20I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.’
  14. ¶ “Now, therefore, [g]21fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and [h]truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the [i]River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
  15. If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or 22the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
  16. ¶ The people answered and said, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods;
  17. for the LORD our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of [j]bondage, and who did these great signs in our sight and preserved us through all the way in which we went and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.
  18. The LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. We also will serve the LORD, for He is our God.”
  19. ¶ Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve the LORD, 23for He is a holy God. He is 24a jealous God; 25He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.
  20. 26If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.”
  21. The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.”
  22. Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that 27you have chosen for yourselves the LORD, to serve Him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.”
  23. “Now therefore, put away the foreign gods which are in your midst, and 28incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
  24. 29The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and we will [k]obey His voice.”
  25. 30So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
  26. And Joshua 31wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
  27. Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, 32this stone shall be for a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke [l]to us; thus it shall be for a witness against you, so that you do not deny your God.”
  28. Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance.
  29. ¶ It came about after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
  30. And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance in 33Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash.
  31. 34Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who [m]survived Joshua, and had known all the deeds of the LORD which He had done for Israel.
  32. ¶ Now 35they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the piece of ground 36which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred [n]pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons.
  33. And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him [o]at Gibeah of 37Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ I.e. Euphrates
  2. ^ I.e. Euphrates
  3. ^ Lit seed
  4. ^ Lit according to
  5. ^ Lit Sea of Reeds
  6. ^ Lit drove them out
  7. ^ Or reverence
  8. ^ Or faithfulness
  9. ^ I.e. Euphrates
  10. ^ Lit bondmen
  11. ^ Lit listen to
  12. ^ Lit with
  13. ^ Lit prolonged days after
  14. ^ Heb qesitah
  15. ^ Or on the hill

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Jos 23:2
  2. ^ Ge 11:27-32
  3. ^ Ge 12:1; 24:7
  4. ^ Ge 15:5
  5. ^ Ge 21:3
  6. ^ Ge 25:25, 26
  7. ^ Ge 36:8; De 2:5
  8. ^ Ge 46:6, 7
  9. ^ Ex 4:14-17
  10. ^ Ex 14:2-31
  11. ^ De 1:46; 2:14
  12. ^ Nu 21:21-32
  13. ^ Nu 22:2-6
  14. ^ De 23:5
  15. ^ Jos 3:14-17
  16. ^ Ex 23:23, 28; De 7:1
  17. ^ Ex 23:31
  18. ^ Ex 23:28; De 7:20
  19. ^ Ps 44:3
  20. ^ De 6:10, 11
  21. ^ De 10:12; 18:13; 1Sa 12:24
  22. ^ Jg 6:10
  23. ^ Le 19:2; 20:7, 26
  24. ^ Ex 20:5; 34:14
  25. ^ Ex 23:21
  26. ^ De 4:25, 26
  27. ^ Ps 119:173
  28. ^ 1Ki 8:57, 58; Ps 119:36; 141:4
  29. ^ Ex 19:8; 24:3, 7; De 5:27
  30. ^ Ex 24:8
  31. ^ De 31:24
  32. ^ Jos 22:27, 34
  33. ^ Jos 19:50
  34. ^ Jg 2:6f
  35. ^ Ge 50:24, 25; Ex 13:19
  36. ^ Ge 33:19; Jn 4:5; Ac 7:15f
  37. ^ Jos 22:13

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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