Josué 24:15

15 Pero si te niegas a servir al Señor
, elige hoy mismo a quién servirás. ¿Acaso optarás por los dioses que tus antepasados sirvieron del otro lado del Éufrates? ¿O preferirás a los dioses de los amorreos, en cuya tierra ahora vives? Pero en cuanto a mí y a mi familia, nosotros serviremos al Señor
.

Josué 24:15 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 24:15

And if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord
Irksome and troublesome, a burden, a weariness, and not a pleasure and delight:

choose you this day whom you will serve;
say if you have found a better master, and whose service will be more pleasant and profitable:

whether the gods your fathers served, that [were] on the other side of
the flood;
the river Euphrates; these may bid rid rest for antiquity, but then they were such their fathers had relinquished, and for which undoubtedly they had good reason; and to take up with the worship of these again was to impeach their wisdom, judgment, and good sense:

or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell:
but then these were such as could not preserve their worshippers in the land, or the Israelites had not dwelt in it, and therefore no dependence could be had upon them for future security. The Amorites are only mentioned, because they were a principal nation, some of which dwelt on one side Jordan, and some on the other, and indeed there were of them in the several parts of the land:

but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord;
be your choice as it may be: this was the resolution of Joshua, and so far as he knew the sense of his family, or had influence over it, could and did speak for them; and which he observes as an example set for the Israelites to follow after; he full well knowing that the examples of great personages, such as governors, supreme and subordinate, have great influence over those that are under them,

Josué 24:15 In-Context

13 Yo te di tierra que no habías trabajado y ciudades que no construiste, en las cuales vives ahora. Te di viñedos y huertos de olivos como alimento, aunque tú no los plantaste.

14 »Por lo tanto, teme al Señor
y sírvelo con todo el corazón. Echa fuera para siempre los ídolos que tus antepasados adoraron cuando vivían del otro lado del río Éufrates y en Egipto. Sirve sólo al Señor
.

15 Pero si te niegas a servir al Señor
, elige hoy mismo a quién servirás. ¿Acaso optarás por los dioses que tus antepasados sirvieron del otro lado del Éufrates? ¿O preferirás a los dioses de los amorreos, en cuya tierra ahora vives? Pero en cuanto a mí y a mi familia, nosotros serviremos al Señor
.

16 El pueblo respondió:
—Nosotros jamás abandonaríamos al Señor
ni serviríamos a otros dioses.

17 Pues el Señor
nuestro Dios es el que nos rescató a nosotros y a nuestros antepasados de la esclavitud en la tierra de Egipto. Él hizo milagros poderosos ante nuestros propios ojos. Cuando andábamos por el desierto, rodeados de enemigos, él nos protegió.