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He called together Israel's leaders, chiefs, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Joshua said to all the people, "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Long ago your ancestors, Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor, lived on the other side of the Euphrates River and served other gods. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But I took your ancestor Abraham from the other side of the Euphrates River. I led him through all of Canaan and gave him many descendants. I also gave him Isaac. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the mountains in Seir as his own. However, Jacob and his sons went to Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>"Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt with plagues. Later I led you out. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, you came to the sea. The Egyptians with their chariots and horsemen chased your ancestors to the Red Sea. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When your ancestors cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians. He made the sea flow back and cover them. You saw for yourselves what I did to Egypt. Then you lived in the desert for a long time. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>"After that I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived on the east side of the Jordan River. They fought you. However, I handed them over to you. So you took their land, and I destroyed them in front of you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Balak, son of King Zippor of Moab, fought Israel. He summoned Balaam, son of Beor, to curse you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But I refused to listen to Balaam. All he could do was bless you. So I saved you from his power. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>"Then you crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho. The citizens of Jericho, the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites fought you. But I handed them over to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I sent hornets ahead of you to force out the two kings of the Amorites ahead of you. These things didn't happen because of your battle skills or fighting ability. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So I gave you a land that you hadn't farmed, cities to live in that you hadn't built, vineyards and olive groves that you hadn't planted. So you ate all you wanted!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>"Fear the LORD, and serve him with integrity and faithfulness. Get rid of the gods your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve only the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But if you don't want to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Even if you choose the gods your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live, my family and I will still serve the LORD."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The people responded, "It would be unthinkable for us to abandon the LORD to serve other gods. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The LORD our God brought us and our ancestors out of slavery in Egypt. He did these spectacular signs right before our eyes. He guarded us wherever we went, especially as we passed through other nations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The LORD forced out all the people ahead of us, including the Amorites who lived in this land. We, too, will serve the LORD, because he is our God."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But Joshua answered the people, "Since the LORD is a holy God, you can't possibly serve him. He is a God who does not tolerate rivals. He will not forgive your rebellious acts and sins. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you. He will destroy you, although he has been so good to you." <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The people answered Joshua, "No! We will [only] serve the LORD!" <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Joshua said to the people, "You have testified that you have chosen to serve the LORD." They answered, "Yes, we have!" <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>"Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Turn yourselves entirely over to the LORD God of Israel." <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The people replied to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey him." <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>That day Joshua made an agreement for the people and set up laws and rules for them at Shechem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Joshua wrote these things in the Book of God's Teachings. Then he took a large stone and set it up under the oak tree at the LORD's holy place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Joshua told all the people, "This stone will stand as a witness for us. It has heard all the words which the LORD spoke to us. It will stand as a witness for you. You cannot deceive your God." <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own property.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>After these events, the LORD's servant Joshua, son of Nun, died. He was 110 years old. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He was buried on his own land at Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Joseph's bones, which the people of Israel had brought from Egypt, were buried at Shechem. They were placed in the plot of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver. The plot was inherited by Joseph's descendants. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/24-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Aaron's son Eleazar also died. 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