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Bible</a> Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel. <a href="/kjv/joshua/24.htm">King James Bible</a> And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. <a href="/nkjv/joshua/24.htm">New King James Version</a> Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had known all the works of the LORD which He had done for Israel. <a href="/nasb_/joshua/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and had known every deed of the LORD which He had done for Israel. <a href="/nasb/joshua/24.htm">NASB 1995</a> Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and had known all the deeds of the LORD which He had done for Israel. <a href="/nasb77/joshua/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and had known all the deeds of the LORD which He had done for Israel. <a href="/lsb/joshua/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who knew all the work of Yahweh which He had done for Israel. <a href="/amp/joshua/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the works of the LORD which He had done for Israel. <a href="/csb/joshua/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/joshua/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Israel worshiped Yahweh throughout Joshua&#8217s lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlived Joshua and who had experienced all the works Yahweh had done for Israel. <a href="/asv/joshua/24.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah, that he had wrought for Israel. <a href="/cev/joshua/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> As long as Joshua lived, Israel worshiped and obeyed the LORD. There were other leaders old enough to remember everything that the LORD had done for Israel. And for as long as these men lived, Israel continued to worship and obey the LORD. <a href="/erv/joshua/24.htm">English Revised Version</a> And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of the LORD, that he had wrought for Israel. <a href="/gwt/joshua/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Israel served the LORD as long as Joshua and the older leaders, who outlived him and who knew everything the LORD had done for Israel, were alive. <a href="/gnt/joshua/24.htm">Good News Translation</a> As long as Joshua lived, the people of Israel served the LORD, and after his death they continued to do so as long as those leaders were alive who had seen for themselves everything that the LORD had done for Israel. <a href="/isv/joshua/24.htm">International Standard Version</a> Israel served the LORD for the entire lifetimes of Joshua and of the officials who outlived Joshua, that is, the ones who had personally known everything that the LORD had done for Israel. <a href="/msb/joshua/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel. <a href="/net/joshua/24.htm">NET Bible</a> Israel worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua's lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had experienced firsthand everything the LORD had done for Israel. <a href="/nheb/joshua/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of the LORD, that he had worked for Israel. <a href="/wbt/joshua/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and who had known all the works of the LORD that he had done for Israel. <a href="/web/joshua/24.htm">World English Bible</a> Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joshua/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Israel serves YHWH all [the] days of Joshua, and all [the] days of the elderly who prolonged days after Joshua, and who knew all the work of YHWH which He did to Israel. <a href="/ylt/joshua/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Israel serveth Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, and who knew all the work of Jehovah which He did to Israel. <a href="/slt/joshua/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Israel will serve Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the old men who prolonged the days after Joshua, and who knew all the works of Jehovah which he did to Israel.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joshua/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 31And Israel served the Lord all the days of Josue, and of the ancients that lived a long time after Josue, and that had known all the works of the Lord which he had done in Israel. <a href="/cpdv/joshua/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And Israel served the Lord during all the days of Joshua, and of the elders who lived for a long time after Joshua, and who had known all the works of the Lord that he had accomplished in Israel. <a href="/nabre/joshua/24.htm">New American Bible</a> Israel served the LORD during the entire lifetime of Joshua, and of those elders who outlived Joshua and who knew all the work the LORD had done for Israel. <a href="/nrsvce/joshua/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known all the work that the LORD did for Israel.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joshua/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and who had known all the works of the LORD that he had done for Israel. <a href="/hpbt/joshua/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Israel served LORD JEHOVAH all of the days of Yeshua and all of the days of the Elders who lived long after Yeshua, and they had known the works of LORD JEHOVAH that he did for Israel<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joshua/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel. <a href="/sep/joshua/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived as long as Joshua, and all that knew all the works of the Lord which he wrought for Israel. <a href="/parallel/joshua/24-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=6580" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joshua/24.htm">Joshua's Death and Burial</a> …30And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 31<a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: way·ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">had served</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">throughout</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/3091.htm" title="3091: yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yhowshua; from Yhovah and yasha'; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua, the Jewish leader.">of Joshua</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵōl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: haz·zə·qê·nîm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">of the elders</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/748.htm" title="748: he·’ĕ·rî·ḵū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- To be long. A primitive root; to be long.">outlived</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3091.htm" title="3091: yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yhowshua; from Yhovah and yasha'; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua, the Jewish leader.">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: wa·’ă·šer (Conj-w:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">who had experienced</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śêh (N-msc) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">the works</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">had done</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: lə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">for Israel.</a> 32And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Judges 2:7</a> And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel. <a href="/judges/2-10.htm">Judges 2:10</a> After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-2.htm">Deuteronomy 6:2</a> so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-12.htm">Deuteronomy 6:12</a> be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. <a href="/deuteronomy/31-12.htm">Deuteronomy 31:12-13</a> Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law. / Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.” <a href="/exodus/19-8.htm">Exodus 19:8</a> And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD. <a href="/exodus/24-3.htm">Exodus 24:3</a> When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” <a href="/exodus/24-7.htm">Exodus 24:7</a> Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” <a href="/psalms/78-3.htm">Psalm 78:3-7</a> that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. / We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed. / For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, ... <a href="/psalms/105-45.htm">Psalm 105:45</a> that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah! <a href="/psalms/106-34.htm">Psalm 106:34-35</a> They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, / but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. <a href="/1_samuel/12-24.htm">1 Samuel 12:24</a> Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you. <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a> Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-30</a> But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. / But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion. ... <a href="/matthew/28-20.htm">Matthew 28:20</a> and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.served<a href="/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29</a> For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.<a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Judges 2:7</a> And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.<a href="/2_chronicles/24-2.htm">2 Chronicles 24:2,17,18</a> And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest… <a href="/deuteronomy/11-2.htm">Deuteronomy 11:2,7</a> And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, … <a href="/deuteronomy/31-13.htm">Deuteronomy 31:13</a> And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/24-29.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-12.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-2.htm">Experienced</a> <a href="/joshua/24-23.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/24-29.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/numbers/3-4.htm">Lifetime</a> <a href="/exodus/2-10.htm">Older</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Outlived</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-59.htm">Prolonged</a> <a href="/joshua/24-20.htm">Served</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-3.htm">Serveth</a> <a href="/joshua/13-12.htm">Survived</a> <a href="/joshua/24-3.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/joshua/24-14.htm">True.</a> <a href="/joshua/24-13.htm">Work</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-12.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/joshua/3-5.htm">Works</a> <a href="/joshua/7-15.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/24-33.htm">Death</a> <a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/judges/3-1.htm">Experienced</a> <a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/1-1.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Lifetime</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-21.htm">Older</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Outlived</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Prolonged</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Served</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-4.htm">Serveth</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Survived</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">True.</a> <a href="/judges/1-28.htm">Work</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Works</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 24</div>1. <a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua assembles the tribes at Shechem</a> 2. <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">A brief history of God's benefits from Terah</a> 14. <a href="/joshua/24-14.htm">He renews the covenant between them and God</a> 26. <a href="/joshua/24-26.htm">A stone the witness of the covenant</a> 29. <a href="/joshua/24-29.htm">Joshua's age, death, and burial</a> 32. <a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joseph's bones are buried</a> 33. <a href="/joshua/24-33.htm">Eleazar dies</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Serving the LORD implies adherence to the covenant established at Sinai, where the Israelites committed to obey God's commandments. This service is a reflection of their loyalty and dedication to Yahweh, contrasting with periods of rebellion and idolatry seen in other parts of their history.throughout the days of Joshua Joshua, as Moses' successor, led Israel into the Promised Land. His leadership is marked by military conquests and the distribution of land among the tribes. Joshua's influence and commitment to God were pivotal in maintaining the nation's faithfulness. His leadership style and decisions are often seen as a type of Christ, leading God's people into their inheritance.and of the elders who outlived him The elders mentioned here were leaders who had firsthand experience of God's miraculous works, such as the crossing of the Jordan River and the fall of Jericho. Their leadership helped maintain the spiritual and social order after Joshua's death. This period of stability underscores the importance of godly leadership in guiding a nation.and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel This phrase emphasizes the importance of witnessing God's acts, such as the plagues in Egypt, the parting of the Red Sea, and the provision of manna. These events were foundational in shaping Israel's identity and faith. The elders' personal experiences with these divine acts provided them with the authority and conviction to lead the people in faithfulness to God. This experiential knowledge is crucial for passing down faith to subsequent generations, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-9</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a> The leader of Israel after Moses, who led the Israelites into the Promised Land and oversaw the distribution of the land among the tribes. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_elders.htm">The Elders</a> Leaders who outlived Joshua and had firsthand experience of God's works, helping to maintain the faithfulness of Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, consisting of the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who served the LORD during this period. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant God of Israel, who performed mighty works on behalf of His people. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_works_of_the_lord.htm">The Works of the LORD</a> The miraculous acts and guidance provided by God, including the crossing of the Jordan River, the fall of Jericho, and the conquest of Canaan.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_leadership.htm">The Importance of Godly Leadership</a> Joshua and the elders provided spiritual guidance that helped Israel remain faithful. Godly leaders are crucial in guiding communities to serve the LORD. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_witnessing_god's_works.htm">The Power of Witnessing God's Works</a> Those who experienced God's miracles firsthand were more likely to remain faithful. Personal experiences with God can strengthen our faith and commitment. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community_in_faithfulness.htm">The Role of Community in Faithfulness</a> The collective memory and shared experiences of a community can help sustain faith across generations. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_forgetfulness.htm">The Danger of Forgetfulness</a> As seen in later generations, forgetting God's works can lead to spiritual decline. Regular remembrance and teaching of God's deeds are vital. <a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faith.htm">Legacy of Faith</a> The faithfulness of one generation can impact the next. We should strive to leave a legacy of faith for those who follow us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 24</a> <a href="/q/why_do_judges_and_joshua_overlap.htm">Why do the Book of Judges’ events overlap with Joshua, despite contradicting timelines?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'let_your_yes_be_yes'_mean.htm">What does 'We will serve the Lord' mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_key_events_in_joshua's_life.htm">What are key events in Joshua's life?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_david_allow_saul's_heirs'_execution.htm">In 2 Samuel 21:5-6, why does David permit the execution of Saul's descendants if Deuteronomy 24:16 forbids punishing children for a parent's wrongdoing?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and . . . of the elders that overlived Joshua.--It cannot surprise us that the personal influence of the man and of the events of his day was so difficult to efface. There was a primitive Church in Canaan as well as in the Roman Empire. The short duration of the one seems to have an analogy in the case of the other.(32) The bones of Joseph, and also of his brethren, as appears by <a href="/acts/7-16.htm" title="And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.">Acts 7:16</a>. The precedent set by Joseph is exceedingly likely to have been followed.And it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.--It may be that this fact helped to fix the position of Ephraim and Manasseh in the centre of the country.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 31. - And Israel served the Lord (cf. <a href="/judges/2-10.htm">Judges 2:10</a>). We see here the value of personal influence. Nor is such influence altogether unnecessary among us now. The periods of great religious movements in the Christian Church are in many ways very like to the time of the Israelitish conquest of Palestine by Joshua. They are times when God visibly fights for His Church, when miracles of grace are achieved, when the enemies of God are amazed and confounded at the great things God has done. The successes, so clearly due to the interposition of a Higher Power, have a sobering rather than an intoxicating effect, and the influence of the grave, wise, earnest men at the head of the movement is great with their enthusiastic followers. But with the removal of these leaders in Israel a reaction sets in. The fervour of the movement declines, the era of slackness and compromise succeeds, and a generation arises which "knows not the Lord, nor yet the works which He had done for Israel." In our times such reactions, living as we do in the full blaze of gospel light, are far more transient and less fatal than in the days of Israel. But in our measure we continue to experience the working of that law by which intense energy is apt to be followed by coldness, and every earnest movement for good needs a continual rekindling at the altar of God of the fire which first set it at work. That overlived Joshua. Literally, that lengthened out their days after Joshua. <a href="/commentaries/joshua/24-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc had served וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד (way·ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> To work, to serve, till, enslave the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel through all כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the days יְמֵ֣י (yə·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3091.htm">Strong's 3091: </a> Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites [and] וְכֹ֣ל ׀ (wə·ḵōl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every of the elders הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים (haz·zə·qê·nîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> Old who אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that outlived הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ (he·’ĕ·rî·ḵū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_748.htm">Strong's 748: </a> To be, long [him] יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3091.htm">Strong's 3091: </a> Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites and וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (wa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that had experienced יָדְע֗וּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the works מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה (ma·‘ă·śêh) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had done עָשָׂ֖ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make for Israel. לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (lə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/24-31.htm">Joshua 24:31 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joshua/24-31.htm">Joshua 24:31 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joshua/24-31.htm">Joshua 24:31 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joshua/24-31.htm">Joshua 24:31 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joshua/24-31.htm">Joshua 24:31 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/24-31.htm">Joshua 24:31 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/24-31.htm">Joshua 24:31 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/24-31.htm">Joshua 24:31 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/24-31.htm">Joshua 24:31 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joshua/24-31.htm">Joshua 24:31 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joshua/24-31.htm">OT History: Joshua 24:31 Israel served Yahweh all the days (Josh. 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