24:1 Joshua assembles the tribes at Shechem;
24:2 A brief history of God's benefits, from Terah;
24:14 He renews the covenant between them and God;
24:26 A stone the witness of the covenant;
24:29 Joshua's age, death, and burial;
24:32 Joseph's bones are buried;
24:33 Eleazar dies. Verse 1JoshuaThis must have been a different assembly from that mentioned in the preceding chapter, though probably held not long after the former.ShechemAs it is immediately added, that "they presented themselves before God," which is supposed to mean at the tabernacle; some are of opinion that Joshua caused it to be conveyed from Shiloh to Shechem on this occasion, to give the greater solemnity to his last meeting with the people. The Vatican and Alexandrian copies of the Septuagint, however, read Σηλω, both here and in Joshua 24:25
which many suppose to have been the original reading. Dr. Shuckford supposes that the covenant was made at Shechem, and that the people went to Shiloh to confirm it. But the most probable opinion seems to be that of Dr. Kennicott, that when all the tribes were assembled as Shechem, Joshua called the chiefs to him on that mount, which had before been consecrated by the law, and by the altar which he had erected. Genesis 12:6, 33:18, 33:19, 35:4; Judges 9:1-3; 1 Kings 12:1 calledJoshua 23:2; Exodus 18:25, 18:26 presented1 Samuel 10:19; Acts 10:33ReciprocalGenesis 48:21 - God; 49:24 - the shepherd; Exodus 5:6 - officers; Numbers 13:8 - Oshea; Deuteronomy 31:14 - presented; Joshua 8:33 - all Israel; 17:7 - Shechem; 1 Kings 8:1 - assembled; 1 Chronicles 23:2 - he gathered; 28:1 - assembled; 2 Chronicles 10:1 - Shechem; Psalm 60:6 - Shechem; 108:7 - Shechem Verse 2Your fathersGenesis 11:26, 11:31, 12:1, 31:53; Deuteronomy 26:5; Isaiah 51:2; Ezekiel 16:3 served other godsIn the case of Abraham this was probably the case, till he was called to the knowledge of God, when above 70 years old. Joshua 24:15; Genesis 31:19, 31:30, 31:32, 31:53, 35:4Reciprocal11:22 - Nahor; 31:21 - passed; 31:29 - the God; 35:2 - strange; Joshua 24:14 - put; 1 Chronicles 1:27 - Abram; Nehemiah 9:7 - choose; Isaiah 29:22 - who redeemed; 41:9 - whom; Ezekiel 16:4 - for; Matthew 1:2 - Abraham; 20:5 - and did; Luke 3:34 - Thara; Acts 7:2 - when; Romans 4:2 - but; 4:5 - ungodly; Galatians 4:8 - ye did Verse 3I tookGenesis 12:1-4; Nehemiah 9:7, 9:8; Acts 7:2, 7:3 gaveGenesis 21:2, 21:3; Psalm 127:3ReciprocalGenesis 11:31 - they went; 31:21 - passed; 31:29 - the God; 2 Chronicles 20:7 - gavest; Isaiah 51:2 - unto Abraham; Malachi 2:10 - all; Matthew 1:2 - Abraham; 20:5 - and did; Habakkuk 3:1 - Abraham; James 2:21 - Abraham Verse 4unto IsaacGenesis 25:24-26 unto Esau32:3, 36:8; Deuteronomy 2:5 JacobGenesis 46:1-7; Psalm 105:23; Acts 7:15ReciprocalGenesis 15:14 - that; 27:39 - Behold; 46:6 - into Egypt; Exodus 5:6 - officers; 2 Chronicles 20:23 - mount Seir; Psalm 127:3 - children; Ezekiel 35:2 - mount; Matthew 1:2 - Isaac begat Verse 5sentExodus 3:10, 4:12, 4:13; Psalm 105:26 plaguedExodus 7:1-12:51; Psalm 78:43-51, 105:27-36, 135:8, 135:9, 136:10ReciprocalExodus 6:26 - That Aaron; Numbers 33:1 - under the hand; Deuteronomy 29:2 - Ye have seen all; Joshua 24:17 - General Verse 6I broughtExodus 12:37, 12:51; Micah 6:4 EgyptiansExodus 14:1-15:27; Nehemiah 9:11; Psalm 77:15-20, 78:13, 136:13-15; Isaiah 63:12, 63:13; Acts 7:36; Habakkuk 3:1ReciprocalExodus 14:9 - the Egyptians; Deuteronomy 29:2 - Ye have seen all Verse 7And whenExodus 14:10 he put14:20 brought14:27, 14:28 your eyes14:31; Deuteronomy 4:34, 29:2 ye dweltJoshua 5:6; Numbers 14:33, 14:34; Nehemiah 9:12-21; Psalm 95:9, 95:10; Acts 13:17, 13:18; Habakkuk 3:17ReciprocalExodus 10:23 - but all; Job 19:8 - set; Malachi 1:5 - your; Habakkuk 3:9 - and Verse 8Joshua 13:10; Numbers 21:21-35; Deuteronomy 2:32-37, 3:1-7; Nehemiah 9:22; Psalm 135:10, 135:11; 136:17-22ReciprocalExodus 23:23 - thee in; 23:31 - deliver the; Numbers 21:24 - Israel; 2 Chronicles 33:9 - the heathen; Psalm 105:44 - gave; Amos 2:9 - I the Verse 9Numbers 22:5, 22:6-21; Deuteronomy 23:4, 23:5; Judges 11:25; Micah 6:5ReciprocalNumbers 23:13 - and curse me; 24:10 - I called; Nehemiah 13:2 - hired Balaam; Revelation 2:14 - Balaam Verse 10Numbers 22:11, 22:12, 22:18-20, 22:35, 23:3-12, 23:15-26, 24:5-10; Isaiah 54:17ReciprocalNumbers 24:10 - I called; Judges 11:25 - Balak; Nehemiah 13:2 - hired Balaam; Micah 6:5 - Balak Verse 11And yeJoshua 3:14-17, 4:10-12, 4:23; Psalm 114:3, 114:5 the menJoshua 6:1-27, 10:1-11:23; Nehemiah 9:24, 9:25; Psalm 78:54, 78:55, 105:44; Acts 7:45, 13:19ReciprocalExodus 13:5 - shall bring; 23:28 - hornets; 33:2 - the Canaanite; Joshua 9:1 - Hittite; 11:21 - Joshua destroyed; 1 Chronicles 16:17 - an everlasting; 17:21 - by driving Verse 12I sentExodus 23:28; Deuteronomy 7:20 notPsalm 44:3-6ReciprocalJoshua 11:21 - Joshua destroyed; 2 Kings 6:22 - thy sword; 1 Chronicles 17:21 - by driving; Psalm 44:2 - how thou didst afflict; 80:9 - preparedst; Isaiah 7:18 - fly Verse 13And IJoshua 21:45 cities11:13; Deuteronomy 6:10-12, 8:7; Proverbs 13:22Reciprocal2 Chronicles 20:7 - gavest; Psalm 105:44 - gave Verse 14fearDeuteronomy 10:12; 1 Samuel 12:24; Job 1:1, 28:28; Psalm 111:10, 130:4; Hosea 3:5; Acts 9:31 serveJoshua 24:23; Genesis 17:1, 20:5, 20:6; Deuteronomy 18:13; 2 Kings 20:3; Psalm 119:1, 119:80; Luke 8:15; John 4:23, 4:24; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Ephesians 6:24; Philippians 1:10 putFrom this exhortation of Joshua, we not only learn that the Israelites still retained some relics of idolatry, but to what gods they were attached.

1. Those whom their fathers worshipped on the other side of the food, or the river Euphrates, i.e., the gods of the Chaldeans, fire, light, the sun, etc.

2. Those of the Egyptians, Apis, Anubis, serpents, vegetables, etc.

3. Those of the Amorites, Moabites, Canaanites, etc., Baal-peor, Astarte, etc.

How astonishing is it, that after all that God had done for them, and all the miracles they had seen, there should still be found among them both idols and idolaters! Joshua 24:2, 24:23; Genesis 35:2; Exodus 20:3, 20:4; Leviticus 17:7; Ezra 9:11; Ezekiel 20:18; Amos 5:25, 5:26 in EgyptEzekiel 20:7, 20:8, 23:3ReciprocalExodus 20:20 - his fear; 23:25 - And ye; Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away; 22:5 - serve; 24:15 - whether the gods; 1 Samuel 7:3 - put away; 12:14 - If ye will; 2 Kings 17:41 - these nations; Jeremiah 4:1 - put away; Ezekiel 16:3 - Thy birth; 16:26 - with the; Matthew 4:10 - Thou shalt; 1 Corinthians 5:8 - but; 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what; 8:8 - prove; Ephesians 6:5 - in Verse 15chooseRuth 1:15, 1:16; 1 Kings 18:21; Ezekiel 20:39; John 6:67 whether the godsJoshua 24:14 or the godsExodus 23:24, 23:32, 23:33, 34:15; Deuteronomy 13:7, 29:18; Judges 6:10 as for meGenesis 18:19; Psalm 101:2, 119:106, 119:111, 119:112; John 6:68; Acts 11:23ReciprocalGenesis 35:2 - unto his; Exodus 10:9 - We will go; 16:4 - prove them; 23:25 - And ye; Leviticus 14:42 - General; Deuteronomy 1:7 - the mount; 30:19 - choose life; Joshua 5:1 - all the kings; 22:5 - serve; 24:2 - served other gods; Ruth 1:8 - Go; 2:4 - And they; 1 Samuel 1:21 - General; 2 Samuel 6:20 - bless; 15:8 - I will serve; 1 Chronicles 1:14 - Amorite; 16:43 - to bless; 21:10 - choose; 2 Chronicles 14:4 - commanded; 30:8 - serve; Ezra 5:11 - We are; Esther 4:16 - I also; Psalm 5:7 - But; 17:15 - As; 73:2 - But; 105:7 - the Lord; 119:8 - I will; 119:30 - chosen; 119:57 - I have; 119:115 - for I will; 119:173 - for; Isaiah 43:9 - that they may; 56:4 - choose; Malachi 3:18 - between him; Matthew 6:24 - serve; 12:30 - that is; 27:17 - Whom; Luke 10:42 - chosen; 16:13 - servant; Acts 10:2 - with; 18:8 - believed; 21:5 - with; Romans 6:16 - to whom; Galatians 4:8 - ye did; Ephesians 6:4 - but; 1 Timothy 3:4 - ruleth; Revelation 3:15 - thou Verse 161 Samuel 12:23; Romans 3:6, 6:2; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1ReciprocalJoshua 22:29 - God forbid; 1 Samuel 20:2 - God forbid; 1 Kings 21:3 - The Lord; Jeremiah 2:20 - and thou saidst Verse 17Joshua 24:5-14; Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11, 32:12; Isaiah 46:4, 63:7-14; Amos 2:9, 2:10ReciprocalGenesis 15:14 - that; Exodus 13:3 - out of the; Jeremiah 34:13 - in the Verse 18will we alsoExodus 10:2, 15:2; Psalm 116:16; Micah 4:2; Zechariah 8:23; Luke 1:73-75ReciprocalExodus 20:3 - General; Ruth 1:16 - thy God; Psalm 119:57 - I have Verse 19Ye cannotJoshua 24:23; Ruth 1:15; Matthew 6:24; Luke 14:25-33 holyLeviticus 10:3, 19:2; 1 Samuel 6:20; Psalm 99:5, 99:9; Isaiah 5:16, 6:3-5, 30:11, 30:15; Habakkuk 1:13 a jealousExodus 20:5, 34:14; 1 Corinthians 10:20-22 he will notExodus 23:21, 34:7; 1 Samuel 3:14; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Isaiah 27:11ReciprocalNumbers 25:11 - that I; Psalm 99:3 - for it; Isaiah 2:9 - therefore; Ezekiel 8:3 - provoketh; Nahum 1:2 - General; Luke 9:58 - Jesus; 14:28 - counteth; 1 Corinthians 10:22 - we provoke Verse 20he will turnJoshua 23:12-15; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 15:2; Ezra 8:22; Isaiah 1:28, 63:10, 65:11, 65:12; Jeremiah 17:13; Ezekiel 18:24; Acts 7:42; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1, 3:1ReciprocalGenesis 35:2 - strange; 1 Samuel 12:14 - If ye will; 12:15 - But if ye; 12:25 - But if; 2 Chronicles 28:6 - because; Jeremiah 1:16 - who have; 25:6 - General; Matthew 6:24 - serve Verse 21NayExodus 19:8, 20:19, 24:3, 24:7; Deuteronomy 5:27, 5:28, 26:17; Isaiah 44:5ReciprocalExodus 15:25 - a statute; 23:25 - And ye; Judges 2:20 - transgressed; 2 Chronicles 23:16 - that they should; Psalm 119:57 - I have Verse 22Ye are witnessesYe have been sufficiently apprised of the difficulties in your way - of God's holiness, and the nature of his service - your own weakness, inconstancy, and insufficiency - your need of the Divine help, and the hope of assistance held out in the law - and the awful consequences of apostasy, and now ye make your choice. Remember then that ye are witnesses against yourselves; and your own conscience will be witness, judge, and executioner. Deuteronomy 26:17; Job 15:6; Luke 19:22 ye havePsalm 119:11, 119:173; Luke 10:42ReciprocalExodus 24:3 - All the words; Matthew 23:31 - witnesses; Luke 11:48 - ye bear Verse 23put awayJoshua 24:14; Genesis 35:2-4; Exodus 20:23; Judges 10:15, 10:16; 1 Samuel 7:3, 7:4; Hosea 14:2, 14:3, 14:8; 1 Corinthians 10:19-21; 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 inclineProverbs 2:2; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1ReciprocalJoshua 24:19 - Ye cannot; 1 Kings 18:21 - if the Lord; Job 31:28 - for; Psalm 119:112 - inclined Verse 24Deuteronomy 5:28, 5:29ReciprocalExodus 19:5 - if ye; 19:8 - General; 23:25 - And ye; Judges 2:17 - which their; 1 Kings 18:21 - if the Lord; 2 Kings 23:3 - And all; Psalm 119:57 - I have; 2 Peter 1:15 - I will Verse 25madeExodus 15:25, 24:3, 24:7, 24:8; Deuteronomy 5:2, 5:3, 29:1, 29:10-15; 2 Kings 11:17; 2 Chronicles 15:12, 15:15; 23:16, 29:10, 34:29-32; Nehemiah 9:38, 10:28, 10:29 in ShechemJoshua 24:1, 24:26ReciprocalGenesis 31:44 - a witness; 35:4 - the oak; Deuteronomy 29:12 - thou shouldest; 2 Kings 11:4 - made a covenant; 23:3 - made a covenant; 2 Chronicles 34:31 - made a covenant; Isaiah 24:5 - changed Verse 26JoshuaExodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 31:24-26 tookJudges 9:6 set itJoshua 4:3-9, 4:20-24; Genesis 28:18-22 under35:4, 35:8; Judges 9:6ReciprocalJoshua 22:10 - built; 24:25 - in Shechem; 1 Samuel 7:12 - took a stone; Isaiah 19:20 - for a Verse 27 A
; Joshua 22:27, 22:28, 22:34; Genesis 31:44-52; Deuteronomy 4:26, 30:19, 31:19, 31:21, 31:26; 1 Samuel 7:12 it hathDeuteronomy 32:1; Isaiah 1:2; Habakkuk 2:11; Luke 19:40 denyJob 31:23; Proverbs 30:9; Matthew 10:33; 2 Timothy 2:12, 2:13; Titus 1:16; Revelation 3:8ReciprocalGenesis 21:30 - a witness; 28:18 - set it; 31:48 - This heap; 49:33 - had made; Exodus 24:4 - twelve pillars; Joshua 4:3 - twelve stones; 22:10 - built; Job 31:28 - for; Isaiah 19:20 - for a; James 5:3 - a witness Verse 28Judges 2:6

Verse 29after theseDeuteronomy 34:5; Judges 2:8; Psalm 115:17; 2 Timothy 4:7, 4:8; Revelation 14:13 an hundredGenesis 50:22, 50:26Reciprocal47:9 - have not; Joshua 13:1 - Joshua; Judges 1:1 - Now; 8:32 - died in; Job 42:16 - an Verse 30TimnathserahJoshua 19:50; Judges 2:9 Gaash2 Samuel 23:30ReciprocalDeuteronomy 11:29 - General; Judges 1:1 - Now; 2:8 - Joshua; 8:32 - died in; 18:13 - mount Ephraim; 19:1 - mount Verse 31servedDeuteronomy 31:29; Judges 2:7; 2 Chronicles 24:2, 24:17, 24:18; Acts 20:29; Philippians 2:12 overlived JoshuaHeb. prolonged their days after Joshua, which had. Deuteronomy 11:2, 11:7, 31:13ReciprocalJudges 2:17 - which their; 2:19 - when the; 8:33 - as soon; 2 Chronicles 34:33 - all his days; Jeremiah 2:21 - wholly Verse 32bonesGenesis 50:25; Exodus 13:19; Acts 7:16; Habakkuk 3:1 buriedGenesis 33:19, 48:22 pieces of silveror, lambsReciprocal12:6 - Sichem; Joshua 17:7 - Shechem; 2 Samuel 23:1 - the last; 1 Kings 12:1 - Shechem; Psalm 60:6 - Shechem; Jeremiah 41:5 - Shechem; John 4:5 - the parcel Verse 33EleazarJoshua 14:1; Exodus 6:23, 6:25; Numbers 3:32, 20:26-28 diedJob 30:23; Psalm 49:10; Isaiah 57:1, 57:2; Zechariah 1:5; Acts 13:36; Habakkuk 3:1; 3:1, 3:1 PhinehasJudges 20:28 ReciprocalJoshua 21:4 - the children; Judges 18:13 - mount Ephraim; 19:1 - mount; 1 Chronicles 6:4 - Phinehas; Ezra 7:5 - Eleazar