Joshua 24:1-33 1 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.
2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the
Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors
lived beyond the Euphrates River,
including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped
other gods,
3 but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates
and brought him into
the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,
4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir,
while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
5 I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land.
Then I brought you out.
6 When I brought your fathers out of Egypt, you arrived at the sea. The Egyptians chased your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.
7 Your fathers
cried out for help to the
Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark,
and then drowned them in the sea.
You witnessed with your very own eyes
what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time.
8 Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered
their land and I destroyed them from before you.
9 Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack
against Israel. He summoned
Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment
on you.
10 I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept
prophesying good things about
you, and I rescued you from his power.
11 You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho.
The leaders
of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you.
12 I sent terror
ahead of you to drive out before you the two
Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.
13 I gave you a land in
which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of
vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’
14 Now
obey
the
Lord and worship
him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors
worshiped
beyond the Euphrates
and in Egypt and worship
the
Lord.
15 If you have no desire
to worship
the
Lord, choose today whom you will worship,
whether it be the gods whom your ancestors
worshiped
beyond the Euphrates,
or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family
will worship
the
Lord!”
16 The people responded, “Far be it from us to abandon the
Lord so we can
worship
other gods!
17 For the
Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery
in the land of Egypt
and performed these awesome miracles
before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations.
18 The
Lord drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship
the
Lord, for he is our God!”
19 Joshua warned
the people, “You will not keep worshiping
the
Lord, for
he is a holy God.
He is a jealous God who will not forgive
your rebellion or your sins.
20 If
you abandon the
Lord and worship
foreign gods, he will turn against you;
he will bring disaster on you and destroy you,
though he once treated you well.”
21 The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will
worship
the
Lord!”
22 Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the
Lord?”
They replied, “We are witnesses!”
23 Joshua said,
“Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to
the
Lord God of Israel.”
24 The people said to Joshua, “We will worship
the
Lord our God and obey him.”
25 That day Joshua drew up an agreement
for the people, and he established rules and regulations
for them in Shechem.
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.
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.
It will be a witness against you if
you deny your God.”
28 When Joshua dismissed the people, they went to their allotted portions of land.
29 After all this
Joshua son of Nun, the
Lord’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.
30 They buried him in his allotted territory
in Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
31 Israel worshiped
the
Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive.
These men had experienced firsthand everything the
Lord had done for Israel.
32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the part of the field that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money.
So it became the inheritance of the tribe of Joseph.
33 Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him in Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim, where his son Phinehas had been assigned land.
Context (NET) Luke 21:1-28 1 Jesus
looked up
and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.
2 He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
3 He
said, “I tell you the truth,
this poor widow has put in more than all of them.
4 For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth.
But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”
5 Now
while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned
with beautiful stones and offerings,
Jesus
said,
6 “As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another.
All will be torn down!”
7 So
they asked him,
“Teacher, when will these things
happen? And what will be the sign that
these things are about to take place?”
8 He
said, “Watch out
that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’
and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them!
9 And when you hear of wars and rebellions,
do not be afraid.
For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once.”
10 Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
11 There will be great earthquakes, and famines
and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights
and great signs
from heaven.
12 But before all this,
they will seize
you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues
and prisons. You
will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
13 This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses.
14 Therefore be resolved
not to rehearse
ahead of time how to make your defense.
15 For I will give you the words
along with the wisdom
that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
16 You will be betrayed even by parents,
brothers, relatives,
and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.
17 You will be hated by everyone because of my name.
18 Yet
not a hair of your head will perish.
19 By your endurance
you will gain
your lives.
20 “But when you see Jerusalem
surrounded
by armies, then know that its
desolation
has come near.
21 Then those who are in Judea must flee
to the mountains. Those
who are inside the city must depart. Those
who are out in the country must not enter it,
22 because these are days of vengeance,
to fulfill
all that is written.
23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress
on the earth and wrath against this people.
24 They
will fall by the edge
of the sword and be led away as captives
among all nations. Jerusalem
will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25 “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars,
and on the earth nations will be in distress,
anxious
over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.
26 People will be fainting from fear
and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for
the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
27 Then
they will see
the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 But when these things
begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption
is drawing near.”
Context (NET) Psalm 89:38-52 38 But you have spurned
and rejected him; you are angry with your chosen king.
39 You have repudiated
your covenant with your servant;
you have thrown his crown to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his
walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
41 All who pass by
have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.
42 You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious,
and all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You turn back
his sword from the adversary,
and have not sustained him in battle.
44 You have brought to an end his splendor,
and have knocked
his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short his youth,
and have covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O
Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever?
Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
47 Take note of my brief lifespan!
Why do you make all people so mortal?
48 No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.
(Selah)
49 Where are your earlier faithful deeds,
O Lord,
the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?
50 Take note, O Lord,
of the way your servants are taunted,
and of how I must bear so many insults from people!
51 Your enemies, O
Lord, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.
52 The
Lord deserves praise
forevermore! We agree! We agree!
Context (NET) Proverbs 13:20-23 20 The one who associates
with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
21 Calamity
pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
22 A benevolent
person leaves an inheritance
for his grandchildren,
but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
23 There is abundant food in the field
of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
Context (NET)
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