Joshua 24:2 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 24:2

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.

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ASV

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

KJV

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

On the other side of the flood - The river Euphrates. They served other gods - Probably Abraham as well as Terah his father was an idolater, till he received the call of God to leave that land. See on Gen 11:31 (note); Gen 12:1 (note).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Let them remember that rock out of which they were hewn, and not relapse into that sin from which their fathers by a miracle of free grace were delivered. "I took him," says God, "else he had never come out of that sinful state." Hence Abraham's justification is made by the apostle an instance of God's justifying the ungodly, Rom. iv.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1718: “Certain Singular Subjects” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1883)

THIS passage, though audibly uttered by the mouth of Joshua, is to be regarded as the immediate voice of God. Joshua said unto all the people, "Thus says Jehovah, God of Israel." Jehovah reminded the tribes, their elders and judges, of all that He had done and of all that He had been to them—and from this He challenged their allegiance, requiring that they should henceforth be loyal unto their great Benefactor. Addressing them, Himself, His argument became all the more impressive.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָ֗ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
כֹּֽה־	koh-	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָה֮	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
בְּעֵ֣בֶר	be.'E.ver	on [the] other side of	H5676 →
הַנָּהָ֗ר	ha.na.Har	the river	H5104 →
יָשְׁב֤וּ	ya.she.Vu	they dwelt	H3427 →
אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙	'a.vo.tei.Khem	ancestors your	H1 →
מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם	me.'o.Lam	from long ago	H5769 →
תֶּ֛רַח	Te.rach	Terah	H8646 →
אֲבִ֥י	'a.Vi	[the] father of	H1 →
אַבְרָהָ֖ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
וַאֲבִ֣י	va.'a.Vi	and [the] father of	H1 →
נָח֑וֹר	na.Chor	Nahor	H5152 →
וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ	vai.ya.'av.Du	and they served	H5647 →
אֱלֹהִ֥ים	'E.lo.Him	gods	H430 →
אֲחֵרִֽים׃	'a.che.Rim	other	H312 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Joshua 24:15
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…
leads to
- 1 Kings 18:21
  Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did…
- John 6:67–68
  So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
- Ruth 1:15–16
  “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”
- Deuteronomy 29:18
  Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure…
- Ezekiel 20:39
  And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you…
Through
Ezekiel 16:3
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a…
leads to
- Ezekiel 16:45
  You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father…
- Isaiah 51:1–2
  “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
- Deuteronomy 20:17
  For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Joshua

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Joshua