Joshua 24:1-25

1And JoshuaH3091 gatheredH622 all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 to ShechemH7927, and calledH7121 for the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478, and for their headsH7218, and for their judgesH8199, and for their officersH7860; and they presentedH3320 themselves before 1GodH430.

2And JoshuaH3091 saidH559 unto all the peopleH5971, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah the 2GodH430 of IsraelH3478: Your fathersH1 dweltH3427 of old on the otherH312 sideH5676 of the riverH5104, TerahH8646, the fatherH1 of AbrahamH85 and the fatherH1 of NahorH5152, and they servedH5647 otherH312 3godsH430.

3And I tookH3947 your fatherH1 AbrahamH85 from the otherH5676 sideH5676 of the riverH5104, and led him throughout the landH776 of CanaanH3667, and multipliedH7235 his seedH2233 and gaveH5414 him IsaacH3327.

4And I gaveH5414 unto IsaacH3327 JacobH3290 and EsauH6215; and I gaveH5414 unto EsauH6215 mount SeirH8165, to possessH3423 it; and JacobH3290 and his sonsH1121 wentH3381 downH3381 into EgyptH4714.

5And I sentH7971 MosesH4872 and AaronH175, and I plagued EgyptH4714, according to that which I did among them; and afterwards I broughtH3318 you out.

6And I broughtH935 your fathersH1 out of EgyptH4714, and ye cameH935 unto the seaH3220; and the Egyptians pursuedH7291 after your fathersH1 with chariotsH7393 and horsemenH6571 unto the Red seaH3220.

7Then they criedH6817 to Jehovah, and he putH7760 darkness between you and the Egyptians, and broughtH935 the seaH3220 upon them, and coveredH3680 them; and your eyesH5869 sawH7200 what I did in EgyptH4714; and ye dweltH3427 in the wildernessH4057 a long time.

8And I broughtH935 you into the landH776 of the AmoritesH567, who dweltH3427 beyond the JordanH3383, and they foughtH3898 with you, and I gaveH5414 them into your handH3027, and ye tookH3423 possessionH3423 of their landH776, and I destroyedH8045 them from before you.

9And BalakH1111 the sonH1121 of ZipporH6834, kingH4428 of MoabH4124, aroseH6965 and warred against IsraelH3478, and sentH7971 and calledH7121 BalaamH1109 the sonH1121 of BeorH1160 to curseH7043 you;

10but I wouldH14 not hearken unto BalaamH1109, and he blessedH1288 you expressly, and I deliveredH5337 you out of his handH3027.

11And ye wentH935 over the JordanH3383, and cameH935 unto JerichoH3405, and the men of JerichoH3405 foughtH3898 against you, the AmoritesH567, and the Perizzites, and the CanaanitesH3669, and the HittitesH2850, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your handH3027.

12And I sentH7971 the hornetH6880 before you, which droveH1644 them out from before you, [as] the twoH8147 kingsH4428 of the AmoritesH567; not with thy swordH2719, nor with thy bowH7198.

13And I have givenH5414 you a landH776 for which ye did not labour, and citiesH5892 which ye builtH1129 not, and ye dwellH3427 in them; of vineyardsH3754 and oliveyards which ye plantedH5193 not do ye eatH398.

14And nowH6258 fearH3372 Jehovah and serveH5647 him in perfectness and in truthH571; and put awayH5493 the 4godsH430 which your fathersH1 servedH5647 on the otherH5676 sideH5676 of the riverH5104, and in EgyptH4714; and serveH5647 Jehovah.

15And if it seem evilH7451 unto you to serveH5647 Jehovah, chooseH977 you this dayH3117 whom ye will serveH5647; whether the 5godsH430 whom your fathersH1 that were on the otherH5676 sideH5676 of the riverH5104 servedH5647, or the 6godsH430 of the AmoriteH567, in whose landH776 ye dwellH3427; but as for me and my houseH1004, we will serveH5647 Jehovah.

16And the peopleH5971 answered and saidH559, FarH2486 be it from us that we should forsakeH5800 Jehovah, to serveH5647 otherH312 7godsH430;

17for Jehovah our 8GodH430, he it is that broughtH5927 us up and our fathersH1 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, from the houseH1004 of bondage, and who did those greatH1419 signsH226 before our eyesH5869, and preservedH8104 us in all the wayH1870 wherein we wentH1980, and among all the peoplesH5971 through whom we passedH5674!

18And Jehovah droveH1644 out from before us all the peoplesH5971, and the AmoritesH567 the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776: so therefore we will serveH5647 Jehovah, for he is our 9GodH430.

19And JoshuaH3091 saidH559 to the peopleH5971, Ye cannot serveH5647 Jehovah, for he is a holyH6918 10GodH430; he is a jealousH7072 11GodH430; he will not forgiveH5375 your transgressionsH6588 nor your sinsH2403.

20If ye forsakeH5800 Jehovah, and serveH5647 strange 12godsH430, then he will turnH7725 and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you goodH3190.

21And the peopleH5971 saidH559 to JoshuaH3091, No; but we will serveH5647 Jehovah.

22And JoshuaH3091 saidH559 unto the peopleH5971, Ye are witnessesH5707 against yourselves that ye have chosenH977 you Jehovah, to serveH5647 him. And they saidH559, [We are] witnessesH5707.

23NowH6258 thereforeH6258 put awayH5493 the strange 13godsH430 that are among you, and inclineH5186 your heartH3824 unto Jehovah the 14GodH430 of IsraelH3478.

24And the peopleH5971 saidH559 unto JoshuaH3091, Jehovah our 15GodH430 will we serveH5647, and to his voiceH6963 will we hearken.

25So JoshuaH3091 madeH3772 a covenantH1285 with the peopleH5971 that dayH3117, and setH7760 them a statuteH2706 and an ordinanceH4941 in ShechemH7927.