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Joshua 24:2 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Joshua 24:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 24 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Joshua 24:2 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 24:2
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. And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.Joshua's covenant renewal begins with historical recitation, grounding present obligations in past grace. The phrase "Thus saith the LORD" (koh amar Yahweh, כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה) introduces prophetic oracle—Joshua speaks no...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joshua 24:2
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“choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River”
“you want to be gone”
“Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem: Your birth and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was your father”
“And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.”
“and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him”
“and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.”
“discern what is yours with me”
“A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt”
“and the God of Nahor”
“and became the father of Abram”