It's Your Choice
1 Then (A) Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
2 Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the [a] River, namely, (B) Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.
3 'Then (C) I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and (D) multiplied his descendants and gave him (E) Isaac.
4 'To Isaac I gave (F) Jacob and Esau, and (G) to Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it; but (H) Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
5 'Then (I) I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out.
6 'I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and (J) you came to the sea; and Egypt pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.
7 'But when they cried out to the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And (K) you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
8 'Then (L) I brought you into the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan, and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land when I destroyed them before you.
9 'Then (M) Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.
10 'But I (N) was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.
11 '(O) You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and (P) the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite Thus (Q) I gave them into your hand.
12 'Then I (R) sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, but (S) not by your sword or your bow.
13 '(T) I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.'
"We Will Serve the LORD."
14"Now, therefore, (U) fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
15 "If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or (V) the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
-Joshua 24:1-15
2 Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the [a] River, namely, (B) Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.
3 'Then (C) I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and (D) multiplied his descendants and gave him (E) Isaac.
4 'To Isaac I gave (F) Jacob and Esau, and (G) to Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it; but (H) Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
5 'Then (I) I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out.
6 'I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and (J) you came to the sea; and Egypt pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.
7 'But when they cried out to the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And (K) you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
8 'Then (L) I brought you into the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan, and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land when I destroyed them before you.
9 'Then (M) Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.
10 'But I (N) was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.
11 '(O) You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and (P) the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite Thus (Q) I gave them into your hand.
12 'Then I (R) sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, but (S) not by your sword or your bow.
13 '(T) I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.'
"We Will Serve the LORD."
14"Now, therefore, (U) fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
15 "If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or (V) the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
-Joshua 24:1-15
posted by JASmius at 11:05 PM
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