Joshua 24:1-3

Lexham English Bible

Joshua Recounts Their History

24 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem; he summoned the elders of Israel, their heads, their judges, and their officials, and they presented themselves before God. ² And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: ‘Long ago^[a] your ancestors^[b]—Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor—lived beyond the river,^[c] and they served other gods. ³ I took your ancestor^[d] Abraham from beyond the river^[e] and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I increased his offspring; I gave him Isaac,