Josué 24:2

2 Josué disse a todo o povo: “Assim diz o SENHOR, o Deus de Israel: ‘Há muito tempo, os seus antepassados, inclusive Terá, pai de Abraão e de Naor, viviam além do Eufrates^[a] e prestavam culto a outros deuses.

Josué 24:2 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 24:2

And Joshua said unto all the people
Then present, or to all Israel by their representatives:

thus saith the Lord God of Israel;
he spoke to them in the name of the Lord, as the prophet did, being himself a prophet, and at this time under a divine impulse, and spirit of prophecy. According to an Arabic writer ^F23: the Angel of God appeared in the form of a man, and with a loud voice delivered the following, though they are expressed by him in a different manner; perhaps he mean, the Captain of the Lord's host, ( Joshua 15:13 Joshua 15:14 ) ; and which is not unlikely:

your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time;
on the offer side the, river Euphrates; so the Targum,

``beyond Perat;''

i.e. Euphrates; in Mesopotamia and Chaldea; meaning not the remotest of their ancestors, Noah and Shem, but the more near, and who are expressly named:

[even] Terah the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor;
the Israelites sprung from Terah, in the line of Abraham, on the father's side, and from him in the line of Nachor on the mother's side, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel, being of Nachor's family:

and they served other gods;
besides the true God, strange gods, which were no gods: "idols"; the idols of the people, as the Targum; so did Terah, Abraham, and Nachor; (See Gill on Genesis 11:26); (See Gill on Genesis 11:28); (See Gill on Genesis 12:1).

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 35.

Josué 24:2 In-Context

1 Então Josué reuniu todas as tribos de Israel em Siquém. Convocou as autoridades, os líderes, os juízes e os oficiais de Israel, e eles compareceram diante de Deus.

2 Josué disse a todo o povo: “Assim diz o SENHOR, o Deus de Israel: ‘Há muito tempo, os seus antepassados, inclusive Terá, pai de Abraão e de Naor, viviam além do Eufrates e prestavam culto a outros deuses.

3 Mas eu tirei seu pai Abraão da terra que fica além do Eufrates e o conduzi por toda a Canaã e lhe dei muitos descendentes. Dei-lhe Isaque,

4 e a Isaque dei Jacó e Esaú. A Esaú dei os montes de Seir, mas Jacó e seus filhos desceram para o Egito.

5 “ ‘Então enviei Moisés e Arão e feri os egípcios com pragas, com as quais os castiguei, e depois tirei vocês de lá.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebraico: "do Rio; " também nos versículos 3, 14 e 15.