English Bible Presentation Sharing - Joshua Book, chapter 24, verse 52 in Hcsb Version

Joshua 24 : 1 (HCSB)

Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem and summoned Israel's elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God.

Joshua 24 : 2 (HCSB)

Joshua said to all the people, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.

Joshua 24 : 3 (HCSB)

But I took your father Abraham from the region beyond the Euphrates River, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,

Joshua 24 : 4 (HCSB)

and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

Joshua 24 : 5 (HCSB)

" 'Then I sent Moses and Aaron, I plagued Egypt by what I did there, and afterwards I brought you out.

Joshua 24 : 6 (HCSB)

When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen as far as the sea.

Joshua 24 : 7 (HCSB)

Your fathers cried out to the LORD, so He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea over them, engulfing them. Your own eyes saw what I did to Egypt. After that, you lived in the wilderness a long time.

Joshua 24 : 8 (HCSB)

" 'Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I handed them over to you. You possessed their land, and I annihilated them before you.

Joshua 24 : 9 (HCSB)

Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

Joshua 24 : 10 (HCSB)

but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I delivered you from his hand.

Joshua 24 : 11 (HCSB)

" 'You then crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho-- as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites-- fought against you, but I handed them over to you.

Joshua 24 : 12 (HCSB)

I sent the hornetahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you. It was not by your sword or bow.

Joshua 24 : 13 (HCSB)

I gave you a land you did not labor for, and cities you did not build, though you live in them; you are eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.'

Joshua 24 : 14 (HCSB)

"Therefore, fear the LORD and worship Him in sincerity and truth. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and worship the LORD.

Joshua 24 : 15 (HCSB)

But if it doesn't please you to worship the LORD, choose for yourselves today the one you will worship: the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my family, we will worship the LORD."

Joshua 24 : 16 (HCSB)

The people replied, "We will certainly not abandon the LORD to worship other gods!

Joshua 24 : 17 (HCSB)

For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, the place of slavery and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us all along the way we went and among all the peoples whose lands we traveled through.

Joshua 24 : 18 (HCSB)

The LORD drove out before us all the peoples, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will worship the LORD, because He is our God."

Joshua 24 : 19 (HCSB)

But Joshua told the people, "You will not be able to worship the LORD, because He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not remove your transgressions and sins.

Joshua 24 : 20 (HCSB)

If you abandon the LORD and worship foreign gods, He will turn against *you , harm you, and completely destroy you, after He has been good to you."

Joshua 24 : 21 (HCSB)

"No!" the people answered Joshua. "We will worship the LORD."

Joshua 24 : 22 (HCSB)

Joshua then told the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you yourselves have chosen to worship the LORD." "We are witnesses," they said.

Joshua 24 : 23 (HCSB)

"Then get rid of the foreign gods that are among you and offer your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel."

Joshua 24 : 24 (HCSB)

So the people said to Joshua, "We will worship the LORD our God and obey Him."

Joshua 24 : 25 (HCSB)

On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people at Shechem and established a statute and ordinance for them.

Joshua 24 : 26 (HCSB)

Joshua recorded these things in the book of the law of God; he also took a large stone and set it up there under the oak next to the sanctuary of the LORD.

Joshua 24 : 27 (HCSB)

And Joshua said to all the people, "You see this stone-- it will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD said to us, and it will be a witness against you, so that you will not deny your God."

Joshua 24 : 28 (HCSB)

Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.

Joshua 24 : 29 (HCSB)

After these things, the LORD's servant, Joshua son of Nun, died at the age of 110.

Joshua 24 : 30 (HCSB)

They buried him in his allotted territory at Timnath-serah, in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.

Joshua 24 : 31 (HCSB)

Israel worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua's lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlived Joshua, and who had experienced all the works the LORD had done for Israel.

Joshua 24 : 32 (HCSB)

Joseph's bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the parcel of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for 100 qesitahs.It was an inheritance for Joseph's descendants.

Joshua 24 : 33 (HCSB)

And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.