Joshua 24
King James Version · 33 verses · 614 cross-references linking it to 290 other chapters
Explore Joshua 24 in the interactive map- 1And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.27 cross-references: Joshua 23:2, 1 Samuel 10:19, Acts 10:33, 1 Kings 12:1, Genesis 33:18–19
- 2And 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.33 cross-references: Genesis 31:30, Joshua 24:15, Genesis 31:32, Genesis 31:53, Deuteronomy 26:5
- 3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.14 cross-references: Genesis 12:1–4, Genesis 21:2–3, Acts 7:2–3, Psalms 127:3, Nehemiah 9:7–8
- 4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.18 cross-references: Genesis 36:8, Deuteronomy 2:5, Acts 7:15, Genesis 25:24–26, Psalms 105:23
- 5I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.14 cross-references: Exodus 3:10, Exodus 7:1–12, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 4:12–14, Psalms 105:26–36
- 6And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.12 cross-references: Nehemiah 9:11, Exodus 12:51, Hebrews 11:29, Exodus 14:1–15, Exodus 12:37
- 7And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.18 cross-references: Exodus 14:10, Exodus 14:20, Deuteronomy 4:34, Psalms 95:9–10, Exodus 14:27–28
- 8And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.12 cross-references: Numbers 21:21–35, Psalms 135:10–11, Joshua 13:10, Psalms 136:17–22, Deuteronomy 2:32 – Deuteronomy 3:7
- 9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:15 cross-references: Judges 11:25, Numbers 22:2, Micah 6:5, Deuteronomy 23:4–5, Numbers 22:5–21
- 10But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.8 cross-references: Numbers 22:11–12, Numbers 23:3–12, Deuteronomy 23:5, Numbers 22:18–20, Numbers 24:5–10
- 11And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.23 cross-references: Joshua 3:14–17, Joshua 4:10–12, Joshua 10:1–11, Joshua 6:1–27, Psalms 114:5
- 12And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.10 cross-references: Deuteronomy 7:20, Exodus 23:28, Psalms 44:3–6
- 13And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.8 cross-references: Deuteronomy 6:10–12, Deuteronomy 8:7, Joshua 21:45, Proverbs 13:22, Joshua 11:13
- 14Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.51 cross-references: 1 Samuel 12:24, Deuteronomy 10:12, Genesis 35:2, 2 Corinthians 1:12, Joshua 24:23
- 15And 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.68 cross-references: 1 Kings 18:21, John 6:67–68, Ruth 1:15–16, Deuteronomy 29:18, Ezekiel 20:39
- 16And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;7 cross-references: Hebrews 10:38–39, 1 Samuel 12:23, Romans 6:2, Romans 3:6
- 17For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:9 cross-references: Exodus 19:4, Deuteronomy 32:11–12, Isaiah 46:4, Isaiah 63:7–14, Joshua 24:5–14
- 18And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the Lord; for he is our God.12 cross-references: Micah 4:2, Luke 1:73–75, Exodus 10:2, Exodus 15:2, Psalms 116:16
- 19And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.37 cross-references: Isaiah 5:16, Exodus 23:21, Psalms 99:5, Exodus 20:5, Leviticus 19:2
- 20If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.20 cross-references: Hebrews 10:26–27, Acts 7:42, Ezekiel 18:24, Jeremiah 17:13, 1 Chronicles 28:9
- 21And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord.12 cross-references: Exodus 19:8, Deuteronomy 5:27–28, Isaiah 44:5, Exodus 20:19, Exodus 24:3
- 22And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.11 cross-references: Psalms 119:173, Psalms 119:11, Job 15:6, Luke 10:42, Deuteronomy 26:17
- 23Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.22 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 6:16–18, Joshua 24:14, Judges 10:15–16, 1 Samuel 7:3–4, Genesis 35:2–4
- 24And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.13 cross-references: Exodus 24:7, Exodus 24:3, Deuteronomy 5:27–29, Exodus 19:8
- 25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.23 cross-references: Exodus 15:25, 2 Chronicles 23:16, 2 Kings 11:17, Nehemiah 9:38, Joshua 24:1
- 26And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.17 cross-references: Judges 9:6, Genesis 35:4, Deuteronomy 31:24–26, Genesis 35:8, Exodus 24:4
- 27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.30 cross-references: Luke 19:40, Joshua 22:34, Matthew 10:33, Deuteronomy 31:26, Joshua 22:27–28
- 28So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.2 cross-references: Judges 2:6
- 29And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.14 cross-references: Judges 2:8, 2 Timothy 4:7–8, Revelation 14:13, Genesis 50:26, Psalms 115:17
- 30And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.8 cross-references: Joshua 19:50, 2 Samuel 23:30, Judges 2:9
- 31And 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.15 cross-references: Deuteronomy 31:13, Judges 2:7, Deuteronomy 31:29, Deuteronomy 11:2, Acts 20:29
- 32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.20 cross-references: Genesis 50:25, Genesis 33:19, Exodus 13:19, Acts 7:16, Genesis 48:22
- 33And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.27 cross-references: Exodus 6:25, Joshua 22:13, Isaiah 57:1–2, Psalms 49:10, Numbers 3:32
Explained connections
- Joseph buried at Shechem
The bones that left Egypt with Moses are finally buried at Shechem in the land Jacob had bought. Joseph's story ends three books after his death.
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People in Joshua 24
God, Joshua, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Aaron, Balaam, Ephraim, Terah, Nahor, Esau, Moses, Balak, Zippor, Moab, Beor, Nun, Joseph, Shechem, Hamor, Eleazar, Phinehas
Places in Joshua 24
Egypt, Shechem, River, Jordan, Canaan, Seir, Red Sea, Moab, Jericho, Timnath-serah, Gaash