1-5 Then Joshua called together the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. He said: “You have carried out everything Moses the servant ofGodcommanded you, and you have obediently done everything I have commanded you. All this time and right down to this very day you have not abandoned your brothers; you’ve shouldered the task […]
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Joshua 23
Joshua’s Charge 1-2 A long time later, afterGodhad given Israel rest from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was a venerable old man, Joshua called all Israel together—elders, chiefs, judges, and officers. Then he spoke to them: 2-3 “I’m an old man. I’ve lived a long time. You have seen everything thatGodhas done to these […]
Joshua 24
The Covenant at Shechem 1-2 Joshua called together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He called in the elders, chiefs, judges, and officers. They presented themselves before God. Then Joshua addressed all the people: 2-6 “This is whatGod, the God of Israel, says: A long time ago your ancestors, Terah and his sons Abraham […]
Deuteronomy 1
1-2 These are the sermons Moses preached to all Israel when they were east of the Jordan River in the Arabah Wilderness, opposite Suph, in the vicinity of Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. It takes eleven days to travel from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea following the Mount Seir route. 3-4 It was on the […]
Deuteronomy 2
1 Then we turned around and went back into the wilderness following the route to the Red Sea, asGodhad instructed me. We worked our way in and around the hills of Seir for a long, long time. 2-6 ThenGodsaid, “You’ve been going around in circles in these hills long enough; go north. Command the people, […]
Deuteronomy 3
1 Then we turned north and took the road to Bashan. Og king of Bashan, he and all his people, came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. 2 Godsaid to me, “Don’t be afraid of him; I’m turning him over to you, along with his whole army and his land. Treat him the […]
Deuteronomy 4
1-2 Now listen, Israel, listen carefully to the rules and regulations that I am teaching you to follow so that you may live and enter and take possession of the land thatGod, the God-of-Your-Fathers, is giving to you. Don’t add a word to what I command you, and don’t remove a word from it. Keep […]
Deuteronomy 5
Moses Teaches Israel on the Plains of Moab 1 Moses called all Israel together. He said to them, Attention, Israel. Listen obediently to the rules and regulations I am delivering to your listening ears today. Learn them. Live them. 2-5 God, our God, made a covenant with us at Horeb.Goddidn’t just make this covenant with […]
Deuteronomy 6
1-2 This is the commandment, the rules and regulations, thatGod, your God, commanded me to teach you to live out in the land you’re about to cross into to possess. This is so that you’ll live in deep reverence beforeGodlifelong, observing all his rules and regulations that I’m commanding you, you and your children and […]
Deuteronomy 7
1-2 WhenGod, your God, brings you into the country that you are about to enter and take over, he will clear out the superpowers that were there before you: the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Those seven nations are all bigger and stronger than you are.God, […]