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and they served other gods. <a href="/bsb/joshua/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods. <a href="/kjv/joshua/24.htm">King James Bible</a> And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. <a href="/nkjv/joshua/24.htm">New King James Version</a> And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and they served other gods. <a href="/nasb_/joshua/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. <a href="/nasb/joshua/24.htm">NASB 1995</a> Joshua said to all the people, &#8220Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, &#8216From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. <a href="/nasb77/joshua/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. <a href="/lsb/joshua/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. <a href="/amp/joshua/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, lived beyond the [Euphrates] River in ancient times; and they served other gods. <a href="/csb/joshua/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/joshua/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Joshua said to all the people, &#8220This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: &#8216Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods. <a href="/asv/joshua/24.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods. <a href="/cev/joshua/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then Joshua told everyone to listen to this message from the LORD, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods. This continued until the time of your ancestor Terah and his two sons, Abraham and Nahor. <a href="/erv/joshua/24.htm">English Revised Version</a> And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods. <a href="/gwt/joshua/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 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. <a href="/gnt/joshua/24.htm">Good News Translation</a> Joshua said to all the people, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has to say: 'Long ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods. One of those ancestors was Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor. <a href="/isv/joshua/24.htm">International Standard Version</a> and Joshua told all of the people, "This is what the LORD God of Israel has to say: 'Long ago your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah, father of both Abraham and Nahor, where they served other gods. <a href="/msb/joshua/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And Joshua said to all the people, ?This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ?Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods. <a href="/net/joshua/24.htm">NET Bible</a> Joshua told all the people, "Here is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods, <a href="/nheb/joshua/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods. <a href="/wbt/joshua/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Joshua said to all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods. <a href="/web/joshua/24.htm">World English Bible</a> Joshua said to all the people, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor. They served other gods. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joshua/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Joshua says to all the people, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Beyond the River your fathers have dwelt of old—Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor—and they serve other gods; <a href="/ylt/joshua/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Joshua saith unto all the people, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old -- Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor -- and they serve other gods; <a href="/slt/joshua/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Joshua will say to all the people, So said Jehovah the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt beyond the river from everlasting time, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor and they will serve other gods.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joshua/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he spoke thus to the people: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, Thare the father of Abraham, and Nachor: and they served strange gods. <a href="/cpdv/joshua/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he spoke to the people in this way: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Your fathers lived, in the beginning, across the river: Terah, the father of Abraham, and Nahor. And they served strange gods. <a href="/nabre/joshua/24.htm">New American Bible</a> Joshua addressed all the people: “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: In times past your ancestors, down to Terah, father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River and served other gods. <a href="/nrsvce/joshua/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors—Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor—lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joshua/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the river Euphrates in olden times, even Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nachor; and they served there other gods. <a href="/hpbt/joshua/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Yeshua said to all the people, “Thus says LORD JEHOVAH, the God of Israel: ‘Your fathers were dwelling at the crossing of the river from antiquity,Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nakhor, and they were serving other gods there<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joshua/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And Joshua said unto all the people: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor; and they served other gods. <a href="/sep/joshua/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers at first sojourned beyond the river, even Thara, the father of Abraam and the father of Nachor; and they served other gods. <a href="/parallel/joshua/24-2.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=6248" 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 Reviews Israel's History</a> 1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. 2<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.">And Joshua</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</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/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">“This is what</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/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <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.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: mê·‘ō·w·lām (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">‘Long ago</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">your fathers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8646.htm" title="8646: te·raḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the Desert.">including Terah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇî (N-msc) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">the father</a> <a href="/hebrew/85.htm" title="85: ’aḇ·rā·hām (N-proper-ms) -- Contracted from 'ab and an unused root; father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.">of Abraham</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: wa·’ă·ḇî (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5152.htm" title="5152: nā·ḥō·wr (N-proper-ms) -- From the same as nachar; snorer; Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham.">and Nahor,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yā·šə·ḇū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">lived</a> <a href="/hebrew/5676.htm" title="5676: bə·‘ê·ḇer (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Region across or beyond, side. From abar; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially on the opposite side.">beyond</a> <a href="/hebrew/5104.htm" title="5104: han·nā·hār (Art:: N-ms) -- A stream, river. From nahar; a stream; figuratively, prosperity.">the Euphrates</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">and worshiped</a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">other</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">gods.</a> 3But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,…<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="/genesis/11-26.htm">Genesis 11:26-32</a> When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. / This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. / During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. ... <a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a> Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” <a href="/genesis/31-53.htm">Genesis 31:53</a> May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. <a href="/genesis/35-2.htm">Genesis 35:2</a> So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments. <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Genesis 35:4</a> So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem. <a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Exodus 3:6</a> Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. <a href="/exodus/6-3.htm">Exodus 6:3</a> I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them. <a href="/deuteronomy/26-5.htm">Deuteronomy 26:5</a> and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-26.htm">1 Chronicles 1:26-28</a> Serug, Nahor, Terah, / and Abram (that is, Abraham). / The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael. <a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7-8</a> You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. / You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous. <a href="/isaiah/51-2.htm">Isaiah 51:2</a> Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him. <a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3</a> and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a> And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. <a href="/matthew/8-11.htm">Matthew 8:11</a> I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. <a href="/luke/3-8.htm">Luke 3:8</a> Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Joshua said to all the people, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelled on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.Your fathers<a href="/genesis/11-26.htm">Genesis 11:26,31</a> And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran… <a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1</a> Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:<a href="/genesis/31-53.htm">Genesis 31:53</a> The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.served other gods.<a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15</a> And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.<a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Genesis 31:19,30,32,53</a> And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's… <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Genesis 35:4</a> And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/34-4.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/joshua/22-33.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/luke/3-34.htm">Nachor</a> <a href="/genesis/31-53.htm">Nahor</a> <a href="/joshua/19-11.htm">River</a> <a href="/joshua/23-16.htm">Served</a> <a href="/joshua/22-11.htm">Side</a> <a href="/numbers/33-28.htm">Terah</a> <a href="/joshua/23-1.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/24-3.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/joshua/24-7.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/joshua/24-9.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/24-19.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/luke/3-34.htm">Nachor</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-26.htm">Nahor</a> <a href="/joshua/24-3.htm">River</a> <a href="/joshua/24-14.htm">Served</a> <a href="/joshua/24-3.htm">Side</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-26.htm">Terah</a> <a href="/joshua/24-7.htm">Time</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And Joshua said to all the people Joshua, as the leader of Israel, addresses the entire assembly of the Israelites. This moment is significant as it marks the renewal of the covenant at Shechem. Joshua's role as a leader is reminiscent of Moses, who also gathered the people to hear God's commands. This setting underscores the importance of communal worship and obedience to God.This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says Joshua speaks as a prophet, delivering a message directly from God. The title "the God of Israel" emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and the nation of Israel. This phrase highlights God's authority and the importance of His words, which are not merely historical but carry divine instruction and promise.Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor The mention of Terah, Abraham, and Nahor situates the Israelites within a historical and familial context. Terah's family is significant as it marks the beginning of God's covenantal relationship with Abraham, which is foundational to Israel's identity. This reference serves as a reminder of their heritage and God's faithfulness through generations.lived beyond the Euphrates This geographical reference to the region beyond the Euphrates River, likely in Mesopotamia, indicates the origin of Abraham's family. It highlights the journey of faith that began when God called Abraham to leave his homeland. This journey is a type of the spiritual journey of faith and obedience that God calls His people to undertake.and worshiped other gods This phrase acknowledges the idolatrous background of Abraham's family before God's call. It serves as a reminder of God's grace in choosing Abraham and setting him apart for a unique purpose. This transformation from idolatry to faith in the one true God is a precursor to the call for Israel to forsake other gods and serve the LORD alone, a theme that resonates throughout the Old Testament.<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. In this chapter, he is addressing the people of Israel, reminding them of their history and covenant with God. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord,_the_god_of_israel.htm">The LORD, the God of Israel</a> The one true God who chose Israel as His people and delivered them from Egypt. He is reminding them of their past and His faithfulness. 3. <a href="/topical/t/terah.htm">Terah</a> The father of Abraham and Nahor, who lived beyond the Euphrates River. He is mentioned here to highlight the idolatrous background from which God called Abraham. 4. <a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a> The patriarch of the Israelites, called by God to leave his homeland and follow Him. His journey marks the beginning of God's covenant with Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/e/euphrates_river.htm">Euphrates River</a> A significant geographical marker, representing the region where Terah and his family lived before God called Abraham. It symbolizes the transition from idolatry to faith in the one true God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_call_from_idolatry_to_faith.htm">The Call from Idolatry to Faith</a> Just as God called Abraham from a background of idolatry, He calls us to leave behind anything that takes His place in our lives. We must examine our hearts for modern-day idols. <a href="/topical/r/remembering_our_spiritual_heritage.htm">Remembering Our Spiritual Heritage</a> Understanding where we come from spiritually helps us appreciate God's grace and faithfulness. Reflect on your spiritual journey and God's work in your life. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_leadership.htm">The Importance of Leadership</a> Joshua's role as a leader reminds us of the importance of godly leadership in guiding others to remember and follow God's commands. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Sovereignty and Faithfulness</a> God's choice of Abraham and His faithfulness to Israel demonstrate His sovereign plan and faithfulness. Trust in God's plan for your life, even when it requires leaving the familiar. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a> The reminder of Israel's history underscores the importance of maintaining a covenant relationship with God, characterized by faithfulness and obedience.<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/evidence_of_abraham's_ancestors'_polytheism.htm">Joshua 24:2 – Does any historical or archaeological evidence confirm or contradict claims of Abraham’s forefathers worshipping other gods beyond the Euphrates? </a> <a href="/q/who_were_the_girgashites_in_the_bible.htm">Why was Abraham chosen by God?</a> <a href="/q/why_was_abraham_chosen_by_god.htm">Why was Abraham chosen by God?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_moses_confronting_pharaoh.htm">Exodus 5:1: Where is the historical or archaeological evidence of Moses confronting an Egyptian Pharaoh as described? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - All the people (see note on Joshua 23:2). The Lord God of Israel. Rather, Jehovah, the God of Israel (see <a href="/exodus/3-13.htm">Exodus 3:13</a>). Until the vision to Moses, the God of Israel had no distinctive name. After that time Jehovah was the recognised name of the God of Israel, as Chemosh of the Moabites, Milcom of the Ammonites, Baal of the Phoenicians. Our translation, "the Lord," somewhat obscures this. Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood. Rather, of the river. Euphrates is meant, on the other side of which (see, however, note on last verse) lay Ur of the Chaldees. It is worthy of notice that there is no evidence of the growth of a myth in the narrative here. We have a simple abstract of the history given us in the Pentateuch, without the slightest addition, and certainly without the invention of any further miraculous details. All this goes to establish the position that we have here a simple unvarnished history of what occurred. The manufacture of prodigies, as every mythical history, down to the biographies of Dominic and Francis, tells us, is a process that cannot stand still. Each successive narrator deems it to be his duty to embellish his narrative with fresh marvels. Compare this with the historical abridgment before us, and we must at least acknowledge that we are in the presence of phenomena of a very different ruder. Professor Goldziher has argued, in his 'Mythology among the Hebrews,' that Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Jacob are solar myths, such as we find in immense abundance in Cox's 'Aryan Mythology.' Abraham (father of height)is the nightly sky. Sarah (princess) is the moon. Isaac (he shall laugh) is the smiling sunset or dawn. It would be difficult to find any history which, by an exercise of similar ingenuity, might not be resolved into myths. Napoleon Bonaparte, for instance, might be resolved into the rushing onset of the conqueror who was never defeated. The retreat from Moscow is a solar myth of the most obvious description. The battle of Bull's Run is clearly so named from the cowardice displayed there by the sons of John Bull. It is remarked by Mr. Tomkins that Ur, the city of the moon god, lends itself most naturally to the fabricator of myths. There is only one objection to the theory, and that is the bricks, still in existence, stamped with the words Urn, which compel us to descend from this delightful cloud land of fancy to the more sober regions of solid and literal fact (see 'Studies on the Times of Abraham,' pp. 205-207). In old time. Literally, from everlasting, i.e, from time immemorial, ἀπ ἄρχης. The Rabbinic tradition has great probability in it, that Abraham was driven out of his native country for refusing to worship idols. It is difficult to understand his call otherwise. No doubt his great and pure soul had learned to abhor the idolatrous and cruel worship of his countrymen. By inward struggles, perhaps by the vague survival of the simpler and truer faith which has been held to underlie every polytheistic system, he had "reached a purer air," and learned to adore the One True God. His family were led to embrace his doctrines, and they left their native land with him. But Haran, with its star worship, was no resting place for him. So he journeyed on westward, leaving the society of men, and preserving himself from temptation by his nomad life. No wandering Bedouin, as some would have us believe (see Drew, 'Scripture Lands,' p. 18), but a prince, on equal terms with Abimelech and Pharaoh, and capable of overthrowing the mighty conqueror of Elam. Such an example might well be brought to the memory of his descendants, who were now to be sojourners in the land promised to their father. Guided by conscience alone, with every external influence against him, he had worshipped the true God in that land. No better argument could be offered to his descendants, when settled in that same land, and about to be bereft of that valuable support which they had derived from the life and influence of Joshua. <a href="/commentaries/joshua/24-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ (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 said וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the people, הָעָ֗ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock “This is what כֹּֽה־ (kōh-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the LORD, יְהוָה֮ (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 the God אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ (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 says: אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘Long ago מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם (mê·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always your fathers, אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father including Terah, תֶּ֛רַח (te·raḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8646.htm">Strong's 8646: </a> Terah -- Abraham's father, also a place in the desert the father אֲבִ֥י (’ă·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father of Abraham אַבְרָהָ֖ם (’aḇ·rā·hām) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_85.htm">Strong's 85: </a> Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation and Nahor, נָח֑וֹר (nā·ḥō·wr) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5152.htm">Strong's 5152: </a> Nochor lived יָשְׁב֤וּ (yā·šə·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry beyond בְּעֵ֣בֶר (bə·‘ê·ḇer) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5676.htm">Strong's 5676: </a> A region across, on the opposite side the Euphrates הַנָּהָ֗ר (han·nā·hār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5104.htm">Strong's 5104: </a> A stream, prosperity and worshiped וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ (way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> To work, to serve, till, enslave other אֲחֵרִֽים׃ (’ă·ḥê·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> Hinder, next, other gods. אֱלֹהִ֥ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">OT History: Joshua 24:2 Joshua said to all the people Thus (Josh. 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