Joshua 24:6-16

6 'I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and ¹you 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 ²you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

8 'Then ³I 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 ⁴Balak 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 ⁵was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.

11 '⁶You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and ⁷the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. Thus ⁸I gave them into your hand.

12 'Then I ⁹sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before * you, but ¹⁰not by your sword or your bow.

13 '¹¹I 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, ¹²fear 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 ¹³the 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;

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Joshua 24:6-16 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 13

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

Footnotes 5

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