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Joshua 24:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Joshua 24:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 24[a]
Renewing the Covenant. 1 Joshua then gathered all of the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders of Israel along with their leaders, their judges, and their officers, and they presented themselves before God. 2 Joshua said to all of the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the river in times of old, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. 3 Then I took Abraham from the other side of the river and I led him all through the land of Canaan. I multiplied his descendants, giving him Isaac.
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- Joshua 24:1 The covenant at Shechem, which is connected with the beginning of the settlement in Palestine is a decisive moment for the political and religious destiny of the people. The plenary assembly of tribes chooses the covenant contracted at Sinai and the law of God that flows from it as its definitive constitution. The dramatic account of this choice of God is one of the greatest of religious texts.
