Chapter 24
Joshua Reviews Israel’s History
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Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤎𐤐 𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤁𐤈𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤔𐤊𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤀 𐤋𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤋𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤋𐤔𐤈𐤓𐤉𐤅 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤉𐤑𐤁𐤅 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌
יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶת־ וַיֶּאֶסֹ֧ף כָּל־ שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שְׁכֶ֑מָה וַיִּקְרָא֩ לְזִקְנֵ֨י וּלְרָאשָׁ֗יו וּלְשֹֽׁפְטָיו֙ וּלְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ ’eṯ- way·ye·’e·sōp̄ kāl- šiḇ·ṭê yiś·rā·’êl šə·ḵe·māh way·yiq·rā lə·ziq·nê ū·lə·rā·šāw ū·lə·šō·p̄ə·ṭāw ū·lə·šō·ṭə·rāw yiś·rā·’êl way·yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣə·ḇū lip̄·nê hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm — WLC · 1
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And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham… and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤌𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤌 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤕𐤓𐤇 𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤍𐤇𐤅𐤓 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤍𐤄𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ כָּל־ הָעָ֗ם כֹּֽה־ יְהוָה֮ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ אָמַ֣ר מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ תֶּ֛רַח אֲבִ֥י אַבְרָהָ֖ם וַאֲבִ֣י נָח֑וֹר יָשְׁב֤וּ בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֗ר וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ אֲחֵרִֽים׃ אֱלֹהִ֥ים yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ way·yō·mer ’el- kāl- hā·‘ām kōh- Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê yiś·rā·’êl ’ā·mar mê·‘ō·w·lām ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem te·raḥ ’ă·ḇî ’aḇ·rā·hām wa·’ă·ḇî nā·ḥō·wr yā·šə·ḇū bə·‘ê·ḇer han·nā·hār way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū ’ă·ḥê·rîm ’ĕ·lō·hîm — WLC · 2
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But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,
𐤅𐤀𐤒𐤇 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤄𐤌 𐤌𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤍𐤄𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤅𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤆𐤓𐤏𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤍 𐤋𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤑𐤇𐤒
וָ֠אֶקַּח אֶת־ אֲבִיכֶ֤ם אֶת־ אַבְרָהָם֙ מֵעֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֔ר וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ אוֹת֖וֹ בְּכָל־ אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וָאֶרֶב אֶת־ זַרְע֔וֹ וָֽאֶתֶּן־ ל֖וֹ אֶת־ יִצְחָֽק׃ wā·’eq·qaḥ ’eṯ- ’ă·ḇî·ḵem ’eṯ- ’aḇ·rā·hām mê·‘ê·ḇer han·nā·hār wā·’ō·w·lêḵ ’ō·w·ṯōw bə·ḵāl ’e·reṣ kə·nā·‘an wå̄·ʾɛ·rɛḇ ’eṯ- zar·‘ōw wā·’et·ten- lōw ’eṯ- yiṣ·ḥāq — WLC · 3
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and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess -, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
𐤋𐤉𐤑𐤇𐤒 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤍 𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤍 𐤋𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤓 𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤋𐤓𐤔𐤕 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤁 𐤅𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤅 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌
לְיִצְחָ֔ק אֶֽת־ וָאֶתֵּ֣ן יַעֲקֹ֖ב וְאֶת־ עֵשָׂ֑ו וָאֶתֵּ֨ן לְעֵשָׂ֜ו אֶת־ הַ֤ר שֵׂעִיר֙ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת אוֹת֔וֹ וְיַעֲקֹ֥ב וּבָנָ֖יו יָרְד֥וּ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ lə·yiṣ·ḥāq ’eṯ- wā·’et·tên ya·‘ă·qōḇ wə·’eṯ- ‘ê·śāw wā·’et·tên lə·‘ê·śāw ’eṯ- har śê·‘îr lā·re·šeṯ ’ō·w·ṯōw wə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ ū·ḇā·nāw yā·rə·ḏū miṣ·rā·yim — WLC · 4
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Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out -.
𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤂𐤐 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤓 𐤄𐤅𐤑𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌
וָאֶשְׁלַ֞ח אֶת־ מֹשֶׁ֤ה וְאֶֽת־ אַהֲרֹן֙ וָאֶגֹּ֣ף אֶת־ מִצְרַ֔יִם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ וְאַחַ֖ר הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אֶתְכֶֽם׃ wā·’eš·laḥ ’eṯ- mō·šeh wə·’eṯ- ’a·hă·rōn wā·’eg·gōp̄ ’eṯ- miṣ·ra·yim ka·’ă·šer ‘ā·śî·ṯî bə·qir·bōw wə·’a·ḥar hō·w·ṣê·ṯî ’eṯ·ḵem — WLC · 5
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When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued… [them] with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea…
𐤅𐤀𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤀 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤄𐤉𐤌𐤄 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤐𐤅 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤁 𐤅𐤁𐤐𐤓𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤌 𐤎𐤅𐤐
וָֽאוֹצִ֤יא אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ אֶת־ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וַתָּבֹ֖אוּ הַיָּ֑מָּה מִצְרַ֜יִם וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּ אַחֲרֵ֧י אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֛ם בְּרֶ֥כֶב וּבְפָרָשִׁ֖ים יַם־ סֽוּף׃ wā·’ō·w·ṣî ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem ’eṯ- mim·miṣ·ra·yim wat·tā·ḇō·’ū hay·yām·māh miṣ·ra·yim way·yir·də·p̄ū ’a·ḥă·rê ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem bə·re·ḵeḇ ū·ḇə·p̄ā·rā·šîm yam- sūp̄ — WLC · 6
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So [your fathers] cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between… you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤏𐤒𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤌 𐤌𐤀𐤐𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤎𐤄𐤅 𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤕𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤁𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌
וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־ יְהוָ֗ה וַיָּ֨שֶׂם מַֽאֲפֵ֜ל בֵּינֵיכֶ֣ם׀ וּבֵ֣ין הַמִּצְרִ֗ים עָלָ֤יו אֶת־ וַיָּבֵ֨א הַיָּם֙ וַיְכַסֵּ֔הוּ עֵינֵיכֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת וַתִּרְאֶ֙ינָה֙ אֲשֶׁר־ עָשִׂ֖יתִי בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וַתֵּשְׁב֥וּ בַמִּדְבָּ֖ר רַבִּֽים׃ יָמִ֥ים way·yiṣ·‘ă·qū ’el- Yah·weh way·yā·śem ma·’ă·p̄êl bê·nê·ḵem ū·ḇên ham·miṣ·rîm ‘ā·lāw ’eṯ- way·yā·ḇê hay·yām way·ḵas·sê·hū ‘ê·nê·ḵem ’êṯ wat·tir·’e·nāh ’ă·šer- ‘ā·śî·ṯî bə·miṣ·rā·yim wat·tê·šə·ḇū ḇam·miḏ·bār rab·bîm yā·mîm — WLC · 7
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Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤀𐤄 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁 𐤁𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤍 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤓𐤔𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤃𐤌 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤊𐤌
וָאָבִאָה אֶתְכֶ֗ם אֶל־ אֶ֤רֶץ הָאֱמֹרִי֙ הַיּוֹשֵׁב֙ בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ אִתְּכֶ֑ם וָאֶתֵּ֨ן אוֹתָ֤ם בְּיֶדְכֶם֙ וַתִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־ אַרְצָ֔ם וָאַשְׁמִידֵ֖ם מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃ wå̄·ʾå̄·ḇi·ʾå̄h ’eṯ·ḵem ’el- ’e·reṣ hā·’ĕ·mō·rî hay·yō·wō·šêḇ bə·‘ê·ḇer hay·yar·dên way·yil·lā·ḥă·mū ’it·tə·ḵem wā·’et·tên ’ō·w·ṯām bə·yeḏ·ḵem wat·tî·rə·šū ’eṯ- ’ar·ṣām wā·’aš·mî·ḏêm mip·pə·nê·ḵem — WLC · 8
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Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent… for Balaam son of Beor to curse you -,
𐤁𐤋𐤒 𐤁𐤍 𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤓 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤀 𐤋𐤁𐤋𐤏𐤌 𐤁𐤍 𐤁𐤏𐤅𐤓 𐤋𐤒𐤋𐤋 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌
בָּלָ֤ק בֶּן־ צִפּוֹר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֔ב וַיָּ֨קָם וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח וַיִּקְרָ֛א לְבִלְעָ֥ם בֶּן־ בְּע֖וֹר לְקַלֵּ֥ל אֶתְכֶֽם׃ bā·lāq ben- ṣip·pō·wr me·leḵ mō·w·’āḇ way·yā·qām way·yil·lā·ḥem bə·yiś·rā·’êl way·yiš·laḥ way·yiq·rā lə·ḇil·‘ām ben- bə·‘ō·wr lə·qal·lêl ’eṯ·ḵem — WLC · 9
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but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again…, and I delivered you from his hand.
𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤋𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤋𐤁𐤋𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤓𐤊 𐤁𐤓𐤅𐤊 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤑𐤋 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌 𐤌𐤉𐤃𐤅
אָבִ֖יתִי וְלֹ֥א לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ לְבִלְעָ֑ם וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ בָּרוֹךְ֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וָאַצִּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ ’ā·ḇî·ṯî wə·lō liš·mō·a‘ lə·ḇil·‘ām way·ḇā·reḵ bā·rō·wḵ ’eṯ·ḵem wā·’aṣ·ṣil ’eṯ·ḵem mî·yā·ḏōw — WLC · 10
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After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
𐤅𐤕𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤅𐤕𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤓𐤉𐤇𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤉𐤓𐤉𐤇𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅 𐤁𐤊𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤐𐤓𐤆𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤇𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤂𐤓𐤂𐤔𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤅𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤎𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤍 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤊𐤌
וַתַּעַבְר֣וּ אֶת־ הַיַּרְדֵּן֮ וַתָּבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־ יְרִיחוֹ֒ בַּעֲלֵֽי־ יְ֠רִיחוֹ וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ בָכֶ֣ם הָֽאֱמֹרִ֨י וְהַפְּרִזִּ֜י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֗י וְהַֽחִתִּי֙ וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֔י הַֽחִוִּ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִ֑י וָאֶתֵּ֥ן אוֹתָ֖ם בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃ wat·ta·‘aḇ·rū ’eṯ- hay·yar·dên wat·tā·ḇō·’ū ’el- yə·rî·ḥōw ba·‘ă·lê- yə·rî·ḥōw way·yil·lā·ḥă·mū ḇā·ḵem hā·’ĕ·mō·rî wə·hap·pə·riz·zî wə·hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî wə·ha·ḥit·tî wə·hag·gir·gā·šî ha·ḥiw·wî wə·hay·ḇū·sî wā·’et·tên ’ō·w·ṯām bə·yeḏ·ḵem — WLC · 11
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I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, [but] not by your own sword… or bow.
𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤄𐤑𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤕𐤂𐤓𐤔 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤁𐤇𐤓𐤁𐤊 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤁𐤒𐤔𐤕𐤊
וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח הַצִּרְעָ֔ה לִפְנֵיכֶם֙ אֶת־ וַתְּגָ֤רֶשׁ אוֹתָם֙ שְׁנֵ֖י הָאֱמֹרִ֑י מַלְכֵ֣י מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם לֹ֥א בְחַרְבְּךָ֖ וְלֹ֥א בְקַשְׁתֶּֽךָ׃ wā·’eš·laḥ haṣ·ṣir·‘āh lip̄·nê·ḵem ’eṯ- wat·tə·ḡā·reš ’ō·w·ṯām šə·nê hā·’ĕ·mō·rî mal·ḵê mip·pə·nê·ḵem lō ḇə·ḥar·bə·ḵā wə·lō ḇə·qaš·te·ḵā — WLC · 12
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So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤍 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤂𐤏𐤕 𐤁𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤀 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤁𐤄𐤌 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤆𐤉𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤈𐤏𐤕𐤌
וָאֶתֵּ֨ן לָכֶ֜ם אֶ֣רֶץ׀ אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־ יָגַ֣עְתָּ בָּ֗הּ וְעָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־ בְנִיתֶ֔ם וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ בָּהֶ֑ם אַתֶּ֖ם אֹכְלִֽים׃ כְּרָמִ֤ים וְזֵיתִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־ נְטַעְתֶּ֔ם wā·’et·tên lā·ḵem ’e·reṣ ’ă·šer lō- yā·ḡa‘·tā bāh wə·‘ā·rîm ’ă·šer lō- ḇə·nî·ṯem wat·tê·šə·ḇū bā·hem ’at·tem ’ō·ḵə·lîm kə·rā·mîm wə·zê·ṯîm ’ă·šer lō- nə·ṭa‘·tem — WLC · 13
Choose Whom You Will Serve
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Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤁𐤕𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤀𐤌𐤕 𐤅𐤄𐤎𐤉𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤍𐤄𐤓 𐤅𐤁𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
וְעַתָּ֞ה יְר֧אוּ אֶת־ יְהוָ֛ה וְעִבְד֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בְּתָמִ֣ים וּבֶֽאֱמֶ֑ת וְהָסִ֣ירוּ אֶת־ אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֩ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֜ם עָבְד֨וּ בְּעֵ֤בֶר הַנָּהָר֙ וּבְמִצְרַ֔יִם וְעִבְד֖וּ אֶת־ יְהוָֽה׃ wə·‘at·tāh yə·r·’ū ’eṯ- Yah·weh wə·‘iḇ·ḏū ’ō·ṯōw bə·ṯā·mîm ū·ḇe·’ĕ·meṯ wə·hā·sî·rū ’eṯ- ’ĕ·lō·hîm ’ă·šer ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem ‘ā·ḇə·ḏū bə·‘ê·ḇer han·nā·hār ū·ḇə·miṣ·ra·yim wə·‘iḇ·ḏū ’eṯ- Yah·weh — WLC · 14
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But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤓𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤋𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤁𐤇𐤓𐤅 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤉 𐤕𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤍𐤄𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤌 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤍𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄𐤐
וְאִם֩ רַ֨ע בְּֽעֵינֵיכֶ֜ם לַעֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־ יְהוָ֗ה בַּחֲר֨וּ לָכֶ֣ם הַיּוֹם֮ אֶת־ מִ֣י תַעֲבֹדוּן֒ אִ֣ם אֶת־ אֱלֹהִ֞ים אֲשֶׁר־ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֙ עָבְד֣וּ בְּעֵבֶר הַנָּהָ֔ר וְאִם֙ אֶת־ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּאַרְצָ֑ם אַתֶּ֖ם יֹשְׁבִ֣ים וְאָנֹכִ֣י וּבֵיתִ֔י נַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־ יְהוָֽה׃פ wə·’im ra‘ bə·‘ê·nê·ḵem la·‘ă·ḇōḏ ’eṯ- Yah·weh ba·ḥă·rū lā·ḵem hay·yō·wm ’eṯ- mî ṯa·‘ă·ḇō·ḏūn ’im ’eṯ- ’ĕ·lō·hîm ’ă·šer- ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem ’ă·šer ‘ā·ḇə·ḏū bə·ʿē·ḇɛr han·nā·hār wə·’im ’eṯ- ’ĕ·lō·hê hā·’ĕ·mō·rî ’ă·šer bə·’ar·ṣām ’at·tem yō·šə·ḇîm wə·’ā·nō·ḵî ū·ḇê·ṯî na·‘ă·ḇōḏ ’eṯ- Yah·weh — WLC · 15
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The people… replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍 𐤇𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤏𐤆𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌
הָעָם֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר וַיַּ֤עַן חָלִ֣ילָה לָּ֔נוּ מֵעֲזֹ֖ב אֶת־ יְהוָ֑ה לַעֲבֹ֖ד אֲחֵרִֽים׃ אֱלֹהִ֥ים hā·‘ām way·yō·mer way·ya·‘an ḥā·lî·lāh lā·nū mê·‘ă·zōḇ ’eṯ- Yah·weh la·‘ă·ḇōḏ ’ă·ḥê·rîm ’ĕ·lō·hîm — WLC · 16
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For the LORD our God… brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled…
𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤄𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤕𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤕𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤃𐤓𐤊 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤋𐤊𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤄 𐤅𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁𐤌
כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ הוּא֩ הַמַּעֲלֶ֨ה אֹתָ֧נוּ וְאֶת־ אֲבוֹתֵ֛ינוּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֣ית עֲבָדִ֑ים וַאֲשֶׁ֧ר עָשָׂ֣ה הָאֵ֔לֶּה הַגְּדֹלוֹת֙ הָאֹת֤וֹת לְעֵינֵ֗ינוּ אֶת־ וַֽיִּשְׁמְרֵ֗נוּ בְּכָל־ הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלַ֣כְנוּ בָ֔הּ וּבְכֹל֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָבַ֖רְנוּ בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃ kî Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū hū ham·ma·‘ă·leh ’ō·ṯā·nū wə·’eṯ- ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū mê·’e·reṣ miṣ·ra·yim mib·bêṯ ‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm wa·’ă·šer ‘ā·śāh hā·’êl·leh hag·gə·ḏō·lō·wṯ hā·’ō·ṯō·wṯ lə·‘ê·nê·nū ’eṯ- way·yiš·mə·rê·nū bə·ḵāl had·de·reḵ ’ă·šer hā·laḵ·nū ḇāh ū·ḇə·ḵōl hā·‘am·mîm ’ă·šer ‘ā·ḇar·nū bə·qir·bām — WLC · 17
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And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤓𐤔 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤀𐤍𐤇𐤍𐤅 𐤂𐤌 𐤍𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤍𐤅𐤎
יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־ וַיְגָ֨רֶשׁ מִפָּנֵ֑ינוּ כָּל־ הָעַמִּ֗ים וְאֶת־ הָאֱמֹרִ֛י יֹשֵׁ֥ב הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ גַּם־ נַעֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־ יְהוָ֔ה כִּי־ ה֖וּא אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ס Yah·weh ’eṯ- way·ḡā·reš mip·pā·nê·nū kāl- hā·‘am·mîm wə·’eṯ- hā·’ĕ·mō·rî yō·šêḇ hā·’ā·reṣ ’ă·naḥ·nū gam- na·‘ă·ḇōḏ ’eṯ- Yah·weh kî- hū ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū — WLC · 18
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But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤅 𐤋𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤒𐤍𐤅𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤔𐤀 𐤋𐤐𐤔𐤏𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤋𐤇𐤈𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤊𐤌
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ הָעָ֗ם לֹ֤א תֽוּכְלוּ֙ לַעֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־ יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־ ה֑וּא קְדֹשִׁ֖ים אֱלֹהִ֥ים ה֔וּא קַנּ֣וֹא אֵֽל־ לֹֽא־ יִשָּׂ֥א לְפִשְׁעֲכֶ֖ם וּלְחַטֹּאותֵיכֶֽם׃ yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ way·yō·mer ’el- hā·‘ām lō ṯū·ḵə·lū la·‘ă·ḇōḏ ’eṯ- Yah·weh kî- hū qə·ḏō·šîm ’ĕ·lō·hîm hū qan·nō·w ’êl- lō- yiś·śā lə·p̄iš·‘ă·ḵem ū·lə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·w·ṯê·ḵem — WLC · 19
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If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
𐤊𐤉 𐤕𐤏𐤆𐤁𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤕𐤌 𐤍𐤊𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤅𐤔𐤁 𐤅𐤄𐤓𐤏 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤈𐤉𐤁 𐤋𐤊𐤌
כִּ֤י תַֽעַזְבוּ֙ אֶת־ יְהוָ֔ה וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם נֵכָ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֣י וְשָׁ֨ב וְהֵרַ֤ע לָכֶם֙ וְכִלָּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם אַחֲרֵ֖י אֲשֶׁר־ הֵיטִ֥יב לָכֶֽם׃ kî ṯa·‘az·ḇū ’eṯ- Yah·weh wa·‘ă·ḇaḏ·tem nê·ḵār ’ĕ·lō·hê wə·šāḇ wə·hê·ra‘ lā·ḵem wə·ḵil·lāh ’eṯ·ḵem ’a·ḥă·rê ’ă·šer- hê·ṭîḇ lā·ḵem — WLC · 20
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“No!”… replied the people… -. “We will serve the LORD!”
𐤋𐤀 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤍𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
לֹ֕א כִּ֥י אֶת־ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הָעָ֖ם אֶל־ יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ נַעֲבֹֽד׃ יְהוָ֖ה lō kî ’eṯ- way·yō·mer hā·‘ām ’el- yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ na·‘ă·ḇōḏ Yah·weh — WLC · 21
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Then Joshua… told [them], “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤏𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤊𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤁𐤇𐤓𐤕𐤌 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ אֶל־ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הָעָ֗ם אַתֶּם֙ עֵדִ֤ים בָּכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־ אַתֶּ֞ם בְּחַרְתֶּ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם אֶת־ לַעֲבֹ֣ד אוֹת֑וֹ יְהוָ֖ה עֵדִֽים׃ וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ ’el- way·yō·mer hā·‘ām ’at·tem ‘ê·ḏîm bā·ḵem kî- ’at·tem bə·ḥar·tem lā·ḵem ’eṯ- la·‘ă·ḇōḏ ’ō·w·ṯōw Yah·weh ‘ê·ḏîm way·yō·mə·rū — WLC · 22
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“Now, therefore,” [he said], “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤄𐤎𐤉𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤍𐤊𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤈𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤁𐤁𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
וְעַתָּ֕ה הָסִ֛ירוּ אֶת־ הַנֵּכָ֖ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם וְהַטּוּ֙ אֶת־ לְבַבְכֶ֔ם אֶל־ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ wə·‘at·tāh hā·sî·rū ’eṯ- han·nê·ḵār ’ĕ·lō·hê ’ă·šer bə·qir·bə·ḵem wə·haṭ·ṭū ’eṯ- lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem ’el- Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 23
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So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤍𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤍𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤅𐤁𐤒𐤅𐤋𐤅
הָעָ֖ם וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֶל־ יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ אֶת־ נַעֲבֹ֔ד יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ נִשְׁמָֽע׃ וּבְקוֹל֖וֹ hā·‘ām way·yō·mə·rū ’el- yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ ’eṯ- na·‘ă·ḇōḏ Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū niš·mā‘ ū·ḇə·qō·w·lōw — WLC · 24
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On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤓𐤕 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤋𐤏𐤌 𐤁𐤔𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤌 𐤋𐤅 𐤇𐤒 𐤅𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈
הַה֑וּא בַּיּ֣וֹם יְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַ וַיִּכְרֹ֨ת בְּרִ֛ית לָעָ֖ם בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ וַיָּ֥שֶׂם ל֛וֹ חֹ֥ק וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט ha·hū bay·yō·wm yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ way·yiḵ·rōṯ bə·rîṯ lā·‘ām biš·ḵem way·yā·śem lōw ḥōq ū·miš·pāṭ — WLC · 25
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Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that [was] near the sanctuary of the LORD.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤕𐤁 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤕𐤅𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤇 𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤁𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤉𐤌𐤄 𐤔𐤌 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤌𐤒𐤃𐤔 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄𐤎
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ אֶת־ וַיִּכְתֹּ֤ב הָאֵ֔לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֣ים בְּסֵ֖פֶר תּוֹרַ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיִּקַּח֙ גְּדוֹלָ֔ה אֶ֣בֶן וַיְקִימֶ֣הָ שָּׁ֔ם תַּ֚חַת הָֽאַלָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּמִקְדַּ֥שׁ יְהוָֽה׃ס yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ ’eṯ- way·yiḵ·tōḇ hā·’êl·leh had·də·ḇā·rîm bə·sê·p̄er tō·w·raṯ ’ĕ·lō·hîm way·yiq·qaḥ gə·ḏō·w·lāh ’e·ḇen way·qî·me·hā šām ta·ḥaṯ hā·’al·lāh ’ă·šer bə·miq·daš Yah·weh — WLC · 26
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And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤁𐤍 𐤕𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤏𐤃𐤄 𐤁𐤍𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤌𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤕𐤄 𐤋𐤏𐤃𐤄 𐤁𐤊𐤌 𐤐𐤍 𐤕𐤊𐤇𐤔𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤊𐤌
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ כָּל־ הָעָ֗ם הִנֵּ֨ה הַזֹּאת֙ הָאֶ֤בֶן תִּֽהְיֶה־ לְעֵדָ֔ה בָּ֣נוּ כִּֽי־ הִ֣יא שָׁמְעָ֗ה אֵ֚ת כָּל־ אִמְרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר עִמָּ֑נוּ וְהָיְתָ֤ה לְעֵדָ֔ה בָכֶם֙ פֶּֽן־ תְּכַחֲשׁ֖וּן בֵּאלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ way·yō·mer ’el- kāl- hā·‘ām hin·nêh haz·zōṯ hā·’e·ḇen tih·yeh- lə·‘ê·ḏāh bā·nū kî- hî šā·mə·‘āh ’êṯ kāl- ’im·rê Yah·weh ’ă·šer dib·ber ‘im·mā·nū wə·hā·yə·ṯāh lə·‘ê·ḏāh ḇā·ḵem pen- tə·ḵa·ḥă·šūn bê·lō·hê·ḵem — WLC · 27
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Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤋𐤍𐤇𐤋𐤕𐤅𐤐
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ אֶת־ הָעָ֔ם וַיְשַׁלַּ֤ח אִ֖ישׁ לְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃פ yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ ’eṯ- hā·‘ām way·šal·laḥ ’îš lə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw — WLC · 28
Joshua’s Death and Burial
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- Some time later…, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age… of 110
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤅𐤍 𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕 𐤁𐤍 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤓
וַיְהִ֗י אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֣ים יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ בִּן־ נ֖וּן עֶ֣בֶד יְהוָ֑ה וַיָּ֛מָת בֶּן־ שָׁנִֽים׃ מֵאָ֥ה וָעֶ֖שֶׂר way·hî ’a·ḥă·rê hā·’êl·leh had·də·ḇā·rîm yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ bin- nūn ‘e·ḇeḏ Yah·weh way·yā·māṯ ben- šā·nîm mê·’āh wā·‘e·śer — WLC · 29
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And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, vvv at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤁𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤋 𐤍𐤇𐤋𐤕𐤅 𐤁𐤕𐤌𐤍𐤕 𐤎𐤓𐤇 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤄𐤓 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤄𐤓 𐤂𐤏𐤔
וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ בִּגְב֣וּל נַחֲלָת֔וֹ בְּתִמְנַת־ סֶ֖רַח אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּהַר־ אֶפְרָ֑יִם מִצְּפ֖וֹן לְהַר־ גָּֽעַשׁ׃ way·yiq·bə·rū ’ō·ṯōw biḡ·ḇūl na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw bə·ṯim·naṯ- se·raḥ ’ă·šer bə·har- ’ep̄·rā·yim miṣ·ṣə·p̄ō·wn lə·har- gā·‘aš — WLC · 30
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Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua [and]… of the elders who outlived… [him] and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.
𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤌𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤌𐤉 𐤄𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤊𐤅 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤌𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־ וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד יְהוָ֔ה כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ וְכֹ֣ל׀ יְמֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר יָדְע֗וּ אֵ֚ת כָּל־ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְהוָ֔ה עָשָׂ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ yiś·rā·’êl ’eṯ- way·ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ Yah·weh kōl yə·mê yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ wə·ḵōl yə·mê haz·zə·qê·nîm ’ă·šer he·’ĕ·rî·ḵū yā·mîm ’a·ḥă·rê yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ wa·’ă·šer yā·ḏə·‘ū ’êṯ kāl- ma·‘ă·śêh ’ă·šer Yah·weh ‘ā·śāh lə·yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 31
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And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites… had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob… had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤑𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤐 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤅 𐤌𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤒𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤁𐤔𐤊𐤌 𐤁𐤇𐤋𐤒𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤃𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤁 𐤌𐤀𐤕 𐤒𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤇𐤌𐤅𐤓 𐤔𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤁𐤌𐤀𐤄 𐤒𐤔𐤉𐤈𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤍𐤇𐤋𐤄 𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤐 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤉
וְאֶת־ עַצְמ֣וֹת י֠וֹסֵף אֲשֶׁר־ בְנֵי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל׀ הֶעֱל֨וּ מִמִּצְרַיִם֮ קָבְר֣וּ בִשְׁכֶם֒ בְּחֶלְקַ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲקֹ֛ב מֵאֵ֛ת קָנָ֧ה בְּנֵֽי־ חֲמ֥וֹר שְׁכֶ֖ם אֲבִֽי־ בְּמֵאָ֣ה קְשִׂיטָ֑ה וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ לְנַחֲלָֽה׃ יוֹסֵ֖ף לִבְנֵֽי־ wə·’eṯ- ‘aṣ·mō·wṯ yō·w·sêp̄ ’ă·šer- ḇə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl he·‘ĕ·lū mim·miṣ·ra·yim qā·ḇə·rū ḇiš·ḵem bə·ḥel·qaṯ haś·śā·ḏeh ’ă·šer ya·‘ă·qōḇ mê·’êṯ qā·nāh bə·nê- ḥă·mō·wr šə·ḵem ’ă·ḇî- bə·mê·’āh qə·śî·ṭāh way·yih·yū lə·na·ḥă·lāh yō·w·sêp̄ liḇ·nê- — WLC · 32
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Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤏𐤆𐤓 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤍 𐤌𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤁𐤂𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤋𐤅 𐤁𐤍𐤅 𐤐𐤉𐤍𐤇𐤎 𐤁𐤄𐤓 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌
וְאֶלְעָזָ֥ר בֶּֽן־ אַהֲרֹ֖ן מֵ֑ת וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ בְּגִבְעַת֙ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִתַּן־ ל֖וֹ בְּנ֔וֹ פִּֽינְחָ֣ס בְּהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ wə·’el·‘ā·zār ben- ’a·hă·rōn mêṯ way·yiq·bə·rū ’ō·ṯōw bə·ḡiḇ·‘aṯ ’ă·šer nit·tan- lōw bə·nōw pî·nə·ḥās bə·har ’ep̄·rā·yim — WLC · 33