Joshua 24:10-20

10 'But I 1was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.
11 '2You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and 3the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. Thus 4I gave them into your hand.
12 'Then I 5sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before * you, but 6not by your sword or your bow.
13 '7I 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, 8fear 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 9the 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 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, 10for He is a holy God. He is 11a jealous God; 12He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.
20 "13If 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."

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Cross References 13

  • 1. Deuteronomy 23:5
  • 2. Joshua 3:14-17
  • 3. Exodus 23:23, 28; Deuteronomy 7:1
  • 4. Exodus 23:31
  • 5. Exodus 23:28; Deuteronomy 7:20
  • 6. Psalms 44:3
  • 7. Deuteronomy 6:10, 11
  • 8. Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 18:13; 1 Samuel 12:24
  • 9. Judges 6:10
  • 10. Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 20:7, 26
  • 11. Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:14
  • 12. Exodus 23:21
  • 13. Deuteronomy 4:25, 26

Footnotes 5

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