Joshua 24:5-15

5 'Then ¹I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out.

6 'I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and ²you came to the sea; and Egypt pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the 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 ³you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

8 'Then ⁴I 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 ⁵Balak 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 ⁶was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.

11 '⁷You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and ⁸the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. Thus ⁹I gave them into your hand.

12 'Then I ¹⁰sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before * you, but ¹¹not by your sword or your bow.

13 '¹²I 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.'

``We Will Serve the LORD"

14 "Now, therefore, ¹³fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the 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 ¹⁴the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

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Joshua 24:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 24

This chapter gives us an account of another summons of the tribes of Israel by Joshua, who obeyed it, and presented themselves before the Lord at Shechem, Jos 24:1; when Joshua in the name of the Lord rehearsed to them the many great and good things the Lord had done for them, from the time of their ancestor Abraham to that day, Jos 24:2-13; and then exhorted them to fear and serve the Lord, and reject idols, Jos 24:14; and put them upon making their choice, whether they would serve the true God, or the gods of the Canaanites; and they choosing the former, he advised them to abide by their choice, Jos 24:15-24; and made a covenant with them to that purpose, and then dismissed them, Jos 24:25-28; and the chapter is concluded with an account of the death and burial of Joshua and Eleazar, and of the interment of the bones of Joseph, Jos 24:29-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 14

1. Exodus 4:14-17
2. Exodus 14:2-31
3. Deuteronomy 1:46; Deuteronomy 2:14
4. Numbers 21:21-32
5. Numbers 22:2-6
6. Deuteronomy 23:5
7. Joshua 3:14-17
8. Exodus 23:23, 28; Deuteronomy 7:1
9. Exodus 23:31
10. Exodus 23:28; Deuteronomy 7:20
11. Psalms 44:3
12. Deuteronomy 6:10, 11
13. Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 18:13; 1 Samuel 12:24
14. Judges 6:10

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit "according to"
[b]. Lit "Sea of Reeds"
[c]. Lit "drove them out"
[d]. Or "reverence"
[e]. Or "faithfulness"
[f]. I.e. Euphrates