Dual Panel1And Joshua <03091> gathered <0622> (8799) all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> to Shechem <07927>_, and called <07121> (8799) for the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>_, and for their heads <07218>_, and for their judges <08199> (8802)_, and for their officers <07860> (8802)_; and they presented <03320> (8691) themselves before <06440> God <0430>_.
2And Joshua <03091> said <0559> (8799) unto all the people <05971>_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, Your fathers <01> dwelt <03427> (8804) on the other side <05676> of the flood <05104> in old time <05769>_, [even] Terah <08646>_, the father <01> of Abraham <085>_, and the father <01> of Nachor <05152>_: and they served <05647> (8799) other <0312> gods <0430>_.
3And I took <03947> (8799) your father <01> Abraham <085> from the other side <05676> of the flood <05104>_, and led <03212> (8686) him throughout all the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>_, and multiplied <07235> (8686) his seed <02233>_, and gave <05414> (8799) him Isaac <03327>_.
4And I gave <05414> (8799) unto Isaac <03327> Jacob <03290> and Esau <06215>_: and I gave <05414> (8799) unto Esau <06215> mount <02022> Seir <08165>_, to possess <03423> (8800) it; but Jacob <03290> and his children <01121> went down <03381> (8804) into Egypt <04714>_.
5I sent <07971> (8799) Moses <04872> also and Aaron <0175>_, and I plagued <05062> (8799) Egypt <04714>_, according to that which <0834> I did <06213> (8804) among <07130> them: and afterward <0310> I brought you out <03318> (8689)_.
6And I brought <03318> (8686) your fathers <01> out of Egypt <04714>_: and ye came <0935> (8799) unto the sea <03220>_; and the Egyptians <04714> pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> your fathers <01> with chariots <07393> and horsemen <06571> unto the Red <05488> sea <03220>_.
7And when they cried <06817> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>_, he put <07760> (8799) darkness <03990> between you and the Egyptians <04713>_, and brought <0935> (8686) the sea <03220> upon them, and covered <03680> (8762) them; and your eyes <05869> have seen <07200> (8799) what I have done <06213> (8804) in Egypt <04714>_: and ye dwelt <03427> (8799) in the wilderness <04057> a long <07227> season <03117>_.
8And I brought <0935> (8686) you into the land <0776> of the Amorites <0567>_, which dwelt <03427> (8802) on the other side <05676> Jordan <03383>_; and they fought <03898> (8735) with you: and I gave <05414> (8799) them into your hand <03027>_, that ye might possess <03423> (8799) their land <0776>_; and I destroyed <08045> (8686) them from before <06440> you.
9Then Balak <01111> the son <01121> of Zippor <06834>_, king <04428> of Moab <04124>_, arose <06965> (8799) and warred <03898> (8735) against Israel <03478>_, and sent <07971> (8799) and called <07121> (8799) Balaam <01109> the son <01121> of Beor <01160> to curse <07043> (8763) you:
10But I would <014> (8804) not hearken <08085> (8800) unto Balaam <01109>_; therefore he blessed <01288> (8762) you still <01288> (8800)_: so I delivered <05337> (8686) you out of his hand <03027>_.
11And ye went over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383>_, and came <0935> (8799) unto Jericho <03405>_: and the men <01167> of Jericho <03405> fought <03898> (8735) against you, the Amorites <0567>_, and the Perizzites <06522>_, and the Canaanites <03669>_, and the Hittites <02850>_, and the Girgashites <01622>_, the Hivites <02340>_, and the Jebusites <02983>_; and I delivered <05414> (8799) them into your hand <03027>_.
12And I sent <07971> (8799) the hornet <06880> before <06440> you, which drave them out <01644> (8762) from before <06440> you, [even] the two <08147> kings <04428> of the Amorites <0567>_; [but] not with thy sword <02719>_, nor with thy bow <07198>_.
13And I have given <05414> (8799) you a land <0776> for which ye did not labour <03021> (8804)_, and cities <05892> which ye built <01129> (8804) not, and ye dwell <03427> (8799) in them; of the vineyards <03754> and oliveyards <02132> which ye planted <05193> (8804) not do ye eat <0398> (8802)_.
14Now therefore fear <03372> (8798) the LORD <03068>_, and serve <05647> (8798) him in sincerity <08549> and in truth <0571>_: and put away <05493> (8685) the gods <0430> which your fathers <01> served <05647> (8804) on the other side <05676> of the flood <05104>_, and in Egypt <04714>_; and serve <05647> (8798) ye the LORD <03068>_.
15And if it seem evil <07489> (8804) unto you <04310> to serve <05647> (8800) the LORD <03068>_, choose <0977> (8798) you this day <03117> whom <05869> ye will serve <05647> (8799)_; whether the gods <0430> which your fathers <01> served <05647> (8804) that [were] on the other side <05676> of the flood <05104>_, or the gods <0430> of the Amorites <0567>_, in whose land <0776> ye dwell <03427> (8802)_: but as for me and my house <01004>_, we will serve <05647> (8799) the LORD <03068>_.
16And the people <05971> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799)_, God forbid <02486> that we should forsake <05800> (8800) the LORD <03068>_, to serve <05647> (8800) other <0312> gods <0430>_;
17For the LORD <03068> our God <0430>_, he [it is] that brought us up <05927> (8688) and our fathers <01> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>_, from the house <01004> of bondage <05650>_, and which did <06213> (8804) those great <01419> signs <0226> in our sight <05869>_, and preserved <08104> (8799) us in all the way <01870> wherein we went <01980> (8804)_, and among all the people <05971> through <07130> whom we passed <05674> (8804)_:
18And the LORD <03068> drave out <01644> (8762) from before <06440> us all the people <05971>_, even the Amorites <0567> which dwelt <03427> (8802) in the land <0776>_: [therefore] will we also serve <05647> (8799) the LORD <03068>_; for he [is] our God <0430>_.
19And Joshua <03091> said <0559> (8799) unto the people <05971>_, Ye cannot <03201> (8799) serve <05647> (8800) the LORD <03068>_: for he [is] an holy <06918> God <0430>_; he [is] a jealous <07072> God <0410>_; he will not forgive <05375> (8799) your transgressions <06588> nor your sins <02403>_. {holy God: Heb. holy Gods}
20If ye forsake <05800> (8799) the LORD <03068>_, and serve <05647> (8804) strange <05236> gods <0430>_, then he will turn <07725> (8804) and do you hurt <07489> (8689)_, and consume <03615> (8765) you, after <0310> that he hath done you good <03190> (8689)_.
21And the people <05971> said <0559> (8799) unto Joshua <03091>_, Nay; but we will serve <05647> (8799) the LORD <03068>_.
22And Joshua <03091> said <0559> (8799) unto the people <05971>_, Ye [are] witnesses <05707> against yourselves that ye have chosen <0977> (8804) you the LORD <03068>_, to serve <05647> (8800) him. And they said <0559> (8799)_, [We are] witnesses <05707>_.
23Now therefore put away <05493> (8685)_, [said he], the strange <05236> gods <0430> which [are] among <07130> you, and incline <05186> (8685) your heart <03824> unto the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_.
24And the people <05971> said <0559> (8799) unto Joshua <03091>_, The LORD <03068> our God <0430> will we serve <05647> (8799)_, and his voice <06963> will we obey <08085> (8799)_.
25So Joshua <03091> made <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285> with the people <05971> that day <03117>_, and set <07760> (8799) them a statute <02706> and an ordinance <04941> in Shechem <07927>_.
26And Joshua <03091> wrote <03789> (8799) these words <01697> in the book <05612> of the law <08451> of God <0430>_, and took <03947> (8799) a great <01419> stone <068>_, and set it up <06965> (8686) there under an oak <0427>_, that [was] by the sanctuary <04720> of the LORD <03068>_.
27And Joshua <03091> said <0559> (8799) unto all the people <05971>_, Behold, this stone <068> shall be a witness <05713> unto us; for it hath heard <08085> (8804) all the words <0561> of the LORD <03068> which he spake <01696> (8765) unto us: it shall be therefore a witness <05713> unto you, lest ye deny <03584> (8762) your God <0430>_.
28So Joshua <03091> let the people <05971> depart <07971> (8762)_, every man <0376> unto his inheritance <05159>_.
29And it came to pass after <0310> these things <01697>_, that Joshua <03091> the son <01121> of Nun <05126>_, the servant <05650> of the LORD <03068>_, died <04191> (8799)_, [being] an hundred <03967> and ten <06235> years <08141> old <01121>_.
30And they buried <06912> (8799) him in the border <01366> of his inheritance <05159> in Timnathserah <08556>_, which [is] in mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>_, on the north side <06828> of the hill <02022> of Gaash <01608>_.
31And Israel <03478> served <05647> (8799) the LORD <03068> all the days <03117> of Joshua <03091>_, and all the days <03117> of the elders <02205> that overlived <0748> (8689) <03117> <0310> Joshua <03091>_, and which had known <03045> (8804) all the works <04639> of the LORD <03068>_, that he had done <06213> (8804) for Israel <03478>_. {overlived...: Heb. prolonged their days after Joshua}
32And the bones <06106> of Joseph <03130>_, which the children <01121> of Israel <03478> brought up <05927> (8689) out of Egypt <04714>_, buried <06912> (8804) they in Shechem <07927>_, in a parcel <02513> of ground <07704> which Jacob <03290> bought <07069> (8804) of the sons <01121> of Hamor <02544> the father <01> of Shechem <07927> for an hundred <03967> pieces of silver <07192>_: and it became the inheritance <05159> of the children <01121> of Joseph <03130>_. {pieces...: or, lambs}
33And Eleazar <0499> the son <01121> of Aaron <0175> died <04191> (8804)_; and they buried <06912> (8799) him in a hill <01389> [that pertained to] Phinehas <06372> his son <01121>_, which was given <05414> (8738) him in mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>_.