BRAGADAYJAH 687

BRAGADAYJAH 687

So Joshua charged the people, “Put away the false gods that are among you and incline your hearts unto the Lord God of Israel.”  And the people answered and said unto Joshua, “The Lord our God will we serve and his voice we will obey.” So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.  And Joshua said unto all the people behold, this stone shall be witness unto us this day for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke unto us it shall serve as a witness unto you lest you deny your God.”

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Chaber Books: BRAGADAYJAH 686

Chaber Books: BRAGADAYJAH 686: BRAGADAYJAH 686 Having heard Joshua’s admonition, they responded and said, “God forbid that we should forsake the Lord our God to serve ...

BRAGADAYJAH 686

BRAGADAYJAH 686

Having heard Joshua’s admonition, they responded and said, “God forbid that we should forsake the Lord our God to serve other gods; for the Lord our God, He it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us all the way wherein we went and among all the people through whom we passed; and the Lord our God drove out from among us all the people even the Amorites in whose land we dwelt; therefore, we will serve the Lord for He is our God.”  And Joshua said unto the people. “You cannot serve the Lord, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgressions and your sins. If you forsake the Lord your God and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt and consume you after He has done you good.” And the people said unto Joshua nay, “we will serve the Lord.”  And Joshua replied to the people and said. “You are witness against yourselves that God has chosen you to serve Him;” and the people said. “We are witnesses.”  Now then said Joshua, “put away the strange gods that are among you and incline your hearts to the Lord your God.”

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BRAGADAYJAH 685

BRAGADAYJAH 685

“And I have given you a land for which you have not labored and cities which you did not build and you dwelt in them and vineyards and olive yards which ye did not plant, yet you ate. Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in truth and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.  And if it seems evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you  dwelt; but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.”

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BRAGADAYJAH 684

BRAGADAYJAH 684
Joshua Recounts Israel’s History
And God brought your fathers out of Egypt, and when they cried unto the Lord, He put darkness between them and the Egyptians and brought the sea upon them and covered them. “And your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt and you dwelt in the wilderness a long time. And I brought you into the land of the Amorites which dwelt on the other side of the Jordan; and they fought with you and I gave them into your hands and destroyed them before you. But I would not hearken unto Balaam, therefore he blessed you still; so I delivered you out of his hand. And you went over the Jordan and came unto Jericho and the men of Jericho fought against you; the Amorites and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites the Jebusites. And I delivered them into your hands.  And I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you even the two kings of the Amorites but not with the sword or with your bow.
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BRAGADAYJAH 683

BRAGADAYJAH 683 

Joshua Gathered All Israel.

And Joshua gathered all the children of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders, and the heads, their judges and their officers; and they present themselves before God. 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 times, even Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor and they served other gods.  And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood and led him through all the lands of Canaan and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac. And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau, and I gave unto Esau Mount Seir to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. And I sent Moses and Aaron and I plagued Egypt according to what I did among them and afterwards I brought you out. And I brought your fathers out of Egypt and ye came unto the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the red sea.  More  

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BRAGADAYJAH 682

BRAGADAYJAH 682

Joshua Admonishes

Take heed to yourself to love the Lord your God, “Else if you do in any way go back and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even those that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them; and go in unto them and they to you, know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorn in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you. And behold this day I am going the way of all the earth and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you; but all are come to pass unto you and not one thing has failed. Therefore just as all good things come upon you when you follow the Lord, so shall evil thigs befall you until you have been destroyed off the earth if you turn from following the Lord your God and transgress His commandments.   

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