Josué 24:14

14 »Por lo tanto, ahora ustedes entréguense al SEÑOR y sírvanle fielmente. Desháganse de los dioses que sus antepasados adoraron al otro lado del río Éufrates y en Egipto, y sirvan solo al SEÑOR.

Josué 24:14 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 24:14

Now therefore fear the Lord
Since he has done such great and good things, fear the Lord and his goodness, fear him for his goodness sake; nothing so influences fear, or a reverential affection for God, as a sense of his goodness; this engages men sensible of it to fear the Lord, that is, to worship him both internally and externally in the exercise of every grace, and in the performance of every duty:

and serve him in sincerity and in truth:
in the uprightness of their souls, without hypocrisy and deceit, and according to the truth of his word, and of his mind and will revealed in it, without any mixture of superstition and will worship, or of the commands and inventions of men:

and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of
the flood, and in Egypt;
that is, express an abhorrence of them, and keep at a distance from them, and show that you are far from giving in to such idolatries your ancestors were guilty of, when they lived on the other side Euphrates, in Chaldea, or when they were sojourners in Egypt; for it cannot be thought that the Israelites were at this time guilty of such gross idolatry, at least openly, since Joshua had bore such a testimony of them, that they had cleaved to the Lord unto that day, ( Joshua 23:8 ) ; and their zeal against the two tribes and a half, on suspicion of idolatry, or of going into it, is a proof of it also:

and serve ye the Lord:
and him only.

Josué 24:14 In-Context

12 No fueron ustedes quienes, con sus espadas y arcos, derrotaron a los dos reyes amorreos; fui yo quien por causa de ustedes envié tábanos, para que expulsaran de la tierra a sus enemigos.

13 A ustedes les entregué una tierra que no trabajaron y ciudades que no construyeron. Vivieron en ellas y se alimentaron de viñedos y olivares que no plantaron”.

14 »Por lo tanto, ahora ustedes entréguense al SEÑOR y sírvanle fielmente. Desháganse de los dioses que sus antepasados adoraron al otro lado del río Éufrates y en Egipto, y sirvan solo al SEÑOR.

15 Pero si a ustedes les parece mal servir al SEÑOR, elijan ustedes mismos a quiénes van a servir: a los dioses que sirvieron sus antepasados al otro lado del río Éufrates, o a los dioses de los amorreos, en cuya tierra ustedes ahora habitan. Por mi parte, mi familia y yo serviremos al SEÑOR.

16 El pueblo respondió:—¡Eso no pasará jamás! ¡Nosotros no abandonaremos al SEÑOR por servir a otros dioses!