Discovery Box| (1.00) | Jos 23:16 |
| If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, 1 and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, 2 the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear 3 quickly from the good land which he gave to you.” |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:2 |
| Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors 1 lived beyond the Euphrates River, 2 including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped 3 other gods, |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:12 |
| I sent terror 1 ahead of you to drive out before you the two 2 Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:13 |
| I gave you a land in 1 which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of 2 vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’ |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:14 |
| Now 1 obey 2 the Lord and worship 3 him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors 4 worshiped 5 beyond the Euphrates 6 and in Egypt and worship 7 the Lord. |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:15 |
| If you have no desire 1 to worship 2 the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, 3 whether it be the gods whom your ancestors 4 worshiped 5 beyond the Euphrates, 6 or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family 7 will worship 8 the Lord!” |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:16 |
| The people responded, “Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can 1 worship 2 other gods! |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:18 |
| The Lord drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship 1 the Lord, for he is our God!” |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:19 |
| Joshua warned 1 the people, “You will not keep worshiping 2 the Lord, for 3 he is a holy God. 4 He is a jealous God who will not forgive 5 your rebellion or your sins. |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:20 |
| If 1 you abandon the Lord and worship 2 foreign gods, he will turn against you; 3 he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, 4 though he once treated you well.” 5 |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:21 |
| The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will 1 worship 2 the Lord!” |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:22 |
| Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?” 1 They replied, “We are witnesses!” 2 |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:24 |
| The people said to Joshua, “We will worship 1 the Lord our God and obey him.” 2 |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:26 |
| Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s shrine. |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:27 |
| Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. 1 It will be a witness against you if 2 you deny your God.” |
| (1.00) | Jos 24:31 |
| Israel worshiped 1 the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. 2 These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel. 3 |
| (1.00) | Jdg 1:28 |
| Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. |
| (1.00) | Jdg 1:30 |
| The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. 1 The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor. |
| (1.00) | Jdg 1:33 |
| The men of Naphtali did not conquer the people living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath. 1 They live among the Canaanites residing in the land. The Canaanites 2 living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced to do hard labor for them. |
| (1.00) | Jdg 1:35 |
| The Amorites managed 1 to remain in Har Heres, 2 Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, 3 the Amorites were forced to do hard labor. |
