Joshua 24

1Then Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel to Shiloh, and summoned their elders, scribes, and judges; and he set them before God.

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2Then Joshua said to all the people, 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel, 'From the beginning your fathers dwelt on the other side of the river, including Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

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3But I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, led him into all the land, multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac,

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4and to Isaac, Jacob and Esau. I gave Mount Seir to Esau as an inheritance, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. There they became a great nation, both large and mighty.'

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5But the Egyptians maltreated them, so the Lord smote Egypt for what it did to them.

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6After that, you came out of Egypt to the Red Sea, and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horses to the Red Sea.

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7So we cried out to the Lord, and He placed a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians. Then He brought the sea upon them, and it covered them. Thus your eyes saw what the Lord did in the land of Egypt.

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8'You were in the desert for many days. Then He brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt on the other side of the Jordan, and they fought with you; but the Lord gave them over into your hands that you might take possession of their land, and He utterly destroyed them from before you.

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9Then Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, arose to make war against Israel, and he sent and called Balaam to lay a curse on you.

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10But the Lord your God would not destroy you, and greatly blessed you. He delivered you from their hands and gave them over to you.

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11Then you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The inhabitants of Jericho fought against you—also the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, the Jebusites, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, but the Lord gave them into your hands.

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12He sent hornets before you and drove them out from before you, the twelve kings of the Amorites, but not with your sword or with your bow.

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13He gave you a land for which you did not labor, and cities you did not build; and you dwelt in them. You ate from vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.

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14'Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve Him in justice and righteousness. Remove the foreign gods your fathers served on the other side of the river and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

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15But if it does not please you to serve the Lord, choose gods for yourselves today whom you will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom you dwell in their land. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, because He is holy.'

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16Then the people answered and said, 'Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods.

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17The Lord our God, He is God. He brought us and our fathers from Egypt and preserved us on the whole journey where we went, and among all the nations through whom we passed.

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18The Lord cast out before us the Amorite and all the nations that inhabited the land. But as for us, we will serve the Lord, for He is our God.'

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19But Joshua said to the people, 'You cannot serve the Lord, for He is a holy God, and He being jealous will not forgive your sins and your lawless deeds.

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20Whenever you forsake the Lord and serve other gods, then He shall come and deal harshly with you and will consume you, after He has done you good.'

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21Then the people said to Joshua, 'No, but we will serve the Lord.'

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22So Joshua said to the people, 'You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord.

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23Now therefore, remove the foreign gods from among you and make your heart straight toward the Lord God of Israel.'

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24Again the people said to Joshua, 'We will serve the Lord, and obey His voice.'

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25So Joshua established a covenant with the people on that day, and gave them a law and judgment in Shiloh before the tabernacle of the God of Israel.

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26Then he wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God; and he took a large stone and set it up under the terebinth tree before the Lord.

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27After this, Joshua said to the people, 'Behold, this stone shall be a witness among you, because it has heard everything said to it by the Lord, whatever He spoke to us today. This stone shall be among you as a witness in the last days, whenever you lie to the Lord my God.'

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28So Joshua sent the people away, and they went forth, each one to his place.

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29Then Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders, as many as were with Joshua and saw all the works of the Lord which he did for Israel.

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30Now it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten years.

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31They buried him within the boundary lines of his inheritance at Timnath Serah, on Mount Ephraim on the north side of Mount Gaash.

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32In his grave they placed with him the stone knives with which he circumcised the sons of Israel at Gilgal, when he brought them out of Egypt, as the Lord ordered them. They remain there to this very day.

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33The children of Israel also brought up the bones of Joseph from Egypt and buried them at Shechem, in the plot of land which Jacob purchased from the Amorites who dwelled in Shechem for one hundred lambs, and which was given to Joseph as his portion.

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34After this, Eleazar the son of Aaron the high priest died and was buried in Gabaath, which belonged to Phinehas his son, and which he had given him on Mount Ephraim.

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35On that day the children of Israel took the ark of God and carried it about among themselves, and Phinehas held the office of priest in place of Eleazar his father, until he died and was buried in his own place at Gabaath.

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36But each of the children of Israel departed to his own place and to his own city. Then the children of Israel worshipped Astarte and Astaroth and the gods of the nations round about them. So the Lord gave them over into the hands of Eglon the king of Moab, and he ruled over them for eighteen years.

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