The Covenant Renewal at Shechem

Joshua 24

1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel c to Shechem and d summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And e they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Long ago, f your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and g they served other gods. 3 h Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and i led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. j I gave him Isaac. 4 And to Isaac I gave k Jacob and Esau. l And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, m but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt. 5 n And I sent Moses and Aaron, o and I plagued Egypt with what I did in the midst of it, and p afterward I brought you out.

6 "'Then p I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and q you came to the sea. r And the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. 7 s And when they cried to the Lord, t he put darkness between you and the Egyptians u and made the sea come upon them and cover them; v and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. w And you lived in the wilderness a long time. 8 Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan. x They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you. 9 y Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. z And he sent and invited Balaam the son of Beor to curse you, 10 a but I would not listen to Balaam. a Indeed, he blessed you. So I delivered you out of his hand. 11 b And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho, c and the leaders of Jericho fought against you, and also c the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. And I gave them into your hand. 12 And I sent d the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was e not by your sword or by your bow. 13 I gave you a land on which you had not labored f and cities that you had not built, and you dwell in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.'

  1. Cross References
    Joshua 24:25
    So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and put in place statutes and rules for them at Shechem.
    Joshua 24:32
    As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 23:2
    Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, "I am now old and well advanced in years.
  3. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:19
    But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, 'Set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 11:27 - 32
    Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 31:30
    And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father's house, but why did you steal my gods?
    Genesis 35:2
    So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 12:1 - 5
    Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
    Acts 7:2 - 4
    And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 12:6
    Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 21:2 - 3
    And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 25:24 - 26
    When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 36:8
    So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. ( Esau is Edom.)
    Deuteronomy 2:5
    Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 46:1
    So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
    Genesis 46:6
    They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him.
    Acts 7:15
    And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 3:10
    Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
    Exodus 4:14
    Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said, "Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 7:1 - 12:1
    And the Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 12:37
    And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
    Exodus 12:51
    And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.
  15. Cross References
    Joshua 24:5
    And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt with what I did in the midst of it, and afterward I brought you out.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 14:2
    Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 14:9
    The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 14:10
    When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 14:20
    Coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night.
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 14:27 - 28
    So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.
  21. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:34
    Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
    Deuteronomy 29:2
    And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: "You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land.
  22. Cross References
    Joshua 5:6
    For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord ; the Lord swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
  23. Cross References
    Numbers 21:21 - 35
    Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying.
  24. Cross References
    Judges 11:25
    Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them?
  25. Cross References
    Numbers 22:5
    Sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw, to call him, saying, "Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.
    Deuteronomy 23:4
    Because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
  26. Cross References
    Numbers 23:11
    And Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.
    Numbers 23:20
    Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.
    Numbers 24:1
    When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
    Numbers 24:10
    And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.
  27. Cross References
    Numbers 23:11
    And Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.
    Numbers 23:20
    Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.
    Numbers 24:1
    When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
    Numbers 24:10
    And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.
  28. Cross References
    Joshua 3:14
    So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people.
    Joshua 3:17
    Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.
    Joshua 4:10 - 13
    For the priests bearing the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste.
  29. Cross References
    Joshua 6:1
    Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in.
    Joshua 10:1 - 3
    As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them.
    Joshua 11:1 - 3
    When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph.
  30. Cross References
    Joshua 6:1
    Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in.
    Joshua 10:1 - 3
    As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them.
    Joshua 11:1 - 3
    When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph.
  31. Cross References
    Exodus 23:28
    And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.
    Deuteronomy 7:20
    Moreover, the Lord your God will send hornets among them, until those who are left and hide themselves from you are destroyed.
  32. Cross References
    Psalms 44:3
    For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.
  33. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:10 - 11
    And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you - with great and good cities that you did not build.
    Joshua 11:13
    But none of the cities that stood on mounds did Israel burn, except Hazor alone; that Joshua burned.
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