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Joshua 24:15 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Joshua 24:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 24 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:15 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve... This climactic verse stands as Joshua's final challenge to Israel, demanding decisive commitment to the covenant God who brought them into the Promised Land. The Hebrew phrase bachar lakhem (בַּחֲרוּ לָכֶם, "choose for yourselves") emphasizes personal responsibility and active decision-making. Joshua does not present neutrality as an option—humanity must serve someone or something. The question is not whether to serve, but whom.Joshua frames the choice starkly: the gods of Mesopotamia that Abraham's ances...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joshua 24:15
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“and said”
“You don't also want to go away, do you?”
“Behold”
“or woman”
“house of Israel”
“nor with their gods.”
“when he had come”
“I am Yahweh your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites”
“nor serve them”
“to the end that he may command his children and his household after him”