1 Joshuacalled the tribes of Israel together for a meeting at Shechem. He asked the leaders, including the old men, the judges, and the officials, to come up and stand near the sacred tent.24.1 near … tent: Or "in front of the sacred chest"; Hebrew "in the presence of God."2 Gn 11.26-28.Then Joshuatold everyone to listen to this message from the Lord, the God of Israel:
Long ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods. This continued until the time of your ancestor Terahand his two sons, Abrahamand Nahor. 3 Gn 12.1-9;Gn 21.1-3.But I brought Abrahamacross the Euphrates Riverand led him through the land of Canaan. I blessed him by giving him Isaac, the first in a line of many descendants. 4 Gn 25.24-26;Gn 36.8;Dt 2.5;Gn 46.1-7.Then I gave Isaactwo sons, Jacoband Esau. I gave Esauthe hill country of Mount Seir, but your ancestor Jacoband his children went to live in Egypt.
5,6 Ex 3.1—12.42;Ex 14.1-31.Later I sent Mosesand his brother Aaronto help your people, and I made all those horrible things happen to the Egyptians. I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, but the Egyptiansgot in their chariots and on their horses and chased your ancestors, catching up with them at the Red Sea.24.5,6 Red Sea: See the note at 2.10.7 Your people cried to me for help, so I put a dark cloud between them and the Egyptians. Then I opened up the sea and let your people walk across on dry ground. But when the Egyptianstried to follow, I commanded the sea to swallow them, and they drowned while you watched.
You lived in the desert for a long time, 8 Nu 21.21-35.then I brought you into the land east of the Jordan River. The Amorites were living there, and they fought you. But with my help, you defeated them, wiped them out, and took their land. 9 Nu 22.1—24.25.King Balakdecided that his nation Moabwould go to war against you, so he asked Balaam24.9 King Balak … Balaam: The Hebrew text has "King Balak the son of Zippor … Balaam the son of Beor."to come and put a curse on you. 10 But I wouldn’t listen to Balaam, and I rescued you by making him bless you instead of curse you.
11 Js 3.14-17;Js 6.1-25.You crossed the Jordan Riverand came to Jericho. The rulers of Jerichofought you, and so did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. I helped you defeat them all. 12 Ex 23.28;Dt 7.20.Your enemies ran from you, but not because you had swords and bows and arrows. I made your enemies panic and run away, as I had done with the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River.
13 Dt 6.10,11.You didn’t have to work for this land—I gave it to you. Now you live in towns you didn’t build, and you eat grapes and olives from vineyards and trees you didn’t plant.
14 Then Joshua told the people:
Worship the Lord, obey him, and always be faithful. Get rid of the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived on the other side of the Euphrates Riverand in Egypt. 15 But if you don’t want to worship the Lord, then choose here and now! Will you worship the same idols your ancestors did? Or since you’re living on land that once belonged to the Amorites, maybe you’ll worship their gods. I won’t. My family and I are going to worship and obey the Lord!
16 The people answered:
We could never worship other gods or stop worshiping the Lord. 17 The Lordis our God. We were slaves in Egyptas our ancestors had been, but we saw the Lordwork miracles to set our people free and to bring us out of Egypt. Even though other nations were all around us, the Lordprotected us wherever we went. 18 And when we fought the Amorites and the other nations that lived in this land, the Lordmade them run away. Yes, we will worship and obey the Lord, because the Lordis our God.
19 Joshuasaid:
The Lordis fearsome; he is the one true God, and I don’t think you are able to worship and obey him in the ways he demands. You would have to be completely faithful, and if you sin or rebel, he won’t let you get away with it. 20 If you turn your backs on the Lordand worship the gods of other nations, the Lordwill turn against you. He will make terrible things happen to you and wipe you out, even though he had been good to you before.
21 But the people shouted, "We won’t worship any other gods. We will worship and obey only the Lord!"
22 Joshuasaid, "You have heard yourselves say that you will worship and obey the Lord. Isn’t that true?"
"Yes, it’s true," they answered.
23 Joshua said, "But you still have some idols, like those the other nations worship. Get rid of your idols! You must decide once and for all that you really want to obey the LordGod of Israel."
24 The people said, "The Lordis our God, and we will worship and obey only him."
25 Joshuahelped Israel make an agreement with the Lordthat day at Shechem. Joshuamade laws for Israel 26 and wrote them down in The Book of the Law of God.24.26 Law: See the note at 8.30-32.Then he set up a large stone under the oak tree at the place of worship in Shechem 27 and told the people, "Look at this stone. It has heard everything that the Lordhas said to us. Our God can call this stone as a witness if we ever reject him."
28 Joshuasent everyone back to their homes.
Joshua, Joseph, and Eleazar Are Buried
29 Not long afterwards, the Lord's servant Joshuadied at the age of 110. 30 Js 19.49-51.The Israelites buried him in his own land at Timnath-Serah, north of Mount Gaashin the hill country of Ephraim.
31 As long as Joshualived, Israel worshiped and obeyed the Lord. There were other leaders old enough to remember everything that the Lordhad done for Israel. And for as long as these men lived, Israel continued to worship and obey the Lord.
32 Gn 33.19;50.24,25;Ex 13.19;Jn 4.5;Ac 7.16.When the people of Israelleft Egypt, they brought the bones of Josephalong with them. They took the bones to the town of Shechemand buried them in the field that Jacobhad bought for 100 pieces of silver24.32 pieces of silver: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew word.from Hamor, the founder of Shechem. The town and the field both24.32 town … both: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.became part of the land belonging to the descendants of Joseph.
33 When Eleazarthe priest24.33 Eleazar the priest: Hebrew "Eleazar the son of Aaron."died, he was buried in the hill country of Ephraim on a hill that belonged to his son Phinehas.
Pessoa
Tribo de Ephraim
Joshua
יְהוֹשֻׁעַyəhoshuaἸησοῦIēsoû
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Shechem is a city in the hill country of Ephraim where Joshua made a covenant with the people, the citizens turned against Abimelech, and Israel gathered to make Rehoboam king (Joshua 24:25).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
The Euphrates is the great river to which Israel was told to go, toward the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon; beyond it lived Terah, the father of Abraham, and the ancestors of Israel (Joshua 24:2).
Terah, son of Nahor, left Ur of the Chaldeans for Canaan with his son Abram, his grandson Lot, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, and died in Haran (Genesis 11:31).
Abraham, called by God, left his country for Canaan, received the promise that he would be the father of many nations, and fathered Isaac, the son of promise (Genesis 12:1).
Abraham, called by God, left his country for Canaan, received the promise that he would be the father of many nations, and fathered Isaac, the son of promise (Genesis 12:1).
The Euphrates is the great river to which Israel was told to go, toward the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon; beyond it lived Terah, the father of Abraham, and the ancestors of Israel (Joshua 24:2).
Canaan is the land God promised to give the Israelites as an inheritance. Jacob and his sons lived there, and the Israelites ate manna forty years until they reached the borders of Canaan (Exodus 16:35).
Isaac was the son God promised to Abraham and Sarah in their old age; his father nearly offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and Isaac was the father of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 22:2).
Isaac was the son God promised to Abraham and Sarah in their old age; his father nearly offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and Isaac was the father of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 22:2).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Mount Seir is the mountain that the Lord gave as an inheritance to Esau; the descendants of Esau drove out the Horites from there and settled in their place (Deuteronomy 2:12).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Aaron, brother of Moses, spoke for him before Pharaoh and was the first high priest of Israel, consecrated with his sons for the priesthood (Exodus 4:14).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
The Red Sea is the sea that the Lord dried up before Israel when they came out of Egypt; the people crossed it on dry ground, and the best of Pharaoh’s officers drowned in it (Exodus 15:4).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
The Jordan is the river in the middle of which Joshua set up twelve stones, where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant had stood. The boundary of the land went down along the river to the Salt Sea (Joshua 4:9).
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
The Jordan is the river in the middle of which Joshua set up twelve stones, where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant had stood. The boundary of the land went down along the river to the Salt Sea (Joshua 4:9).
Jericho is the city opposite which Israel crossed the Jordan and which was set apart for destruction, with Rahab and those in her house spared. Hiel of Bethel rebuilt it in Ahab’s time (Joshua 6:17).
Jericho is the city opposite which Israel crossed the Jordan and which was set apart for destruction, with Rahab and those in her house spared. Hiel of Bethel rebuilt it in Ahab’s time (Joshua 6:17).
The Euphrates is the great river to which Israel was told to go, toward the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon; beyond it lived Terah, the father of Abraham, and the ancestors of Israel (Joshua 24:2).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Shechem is a city in the hill country of Ephraim where Joshua made a covenant with the people, the citizens turned against Abimelech, and Israel gathered to make Rehoboam king (Joshua 24:25).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, was sold into slavery by his brothers and became governor of Egypt, where he stored grain and saved his family from famine (Genesis 41:41).
Shechem is a city in the hill country of Ephraim where Joshua made a covenant with the people, the citizens turned against Abimelech, and Israel gathered to make Rehoboam king (Joshua 24:25).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Hamor, a Hivite and the father of Shechem, asked Jacob to give his daughter Dinah to Shechem as a wife. Hamor and Shechem were killed with the sword (Genesis 34:26).
Shechem is a city in the hill country of Ephraim where Joshua made a covenant with the people, the citizens turned against Abimelech, and Israel gathered to make Rehoboam king (Joshua 24:25).
Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, was sold into slavery by his brothers and became governor of Egypt, where he stored grain and saved his family from famine (Genesis 41:41).
Phinehas, a priest, son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, turned back the wrath of the Lord from the people of Israel, for he was zealous among them (Numbers 25:11).