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Joshua 24:1-25
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NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser. |
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The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc. |
| The Blue
Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance,
commentaries. |
| The World
Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons. |
| Yehoshua
24: Massoretic, Hebrew, JPS. |
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
| Chapter II, On
Modesty, Tertullian
(c. 217) |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "This [v 15] teaches us
that if all the world would go from God, yet every one of us
particularly is bound to cleave to him." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "We must never think
our work for God done, till our life is done." |
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| The Great Duty of
Family-Religion: sermon by George Whitefield.
| "If neither gratitude
to God, love to your children, common justice to your servants, nor even
that most prevailing motive self-interest, will excite; yet let a
consideration of the terrors of the Lord persuade you to put in practice
the pious resolution in the text." |
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| From Wesley's
Notes.
| "They that are bound
for heaven must be willing to swim against the stream, and must do, not
as most do, but as the best do." |
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| Of Family Religion
(Joshua 24:15). Sermon by John Wesley.
| "And suppose, after you
have done this, after you have taught your children from their early
infancy, in the plainest manner you could, omitting no opportunity, and
persevering therein, you did not presently see any fruit of your labour,
you must not conclude that there will be none." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "It is generally
assumed that the ark of the covenant had been transferred on this
occasion to Shechem; as on extraordinary emergencies it was for a time
removed ... But the statement, not necessarily implying this, may be
viewed as expressing only the religious character of the ceremony." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Joshua 24:1-31, 14-25,
Pentecost 25A, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly
Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler,
Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall
of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
| "Temptations to unfaithfulness can
also be extremely subtle...Deep traditions
within the community’s history, even if no longer held, can be
persuasive still, pulling at almost invisible cords of family and
community loyalty." |
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Joshua 24:1-25,
Pentecost 25A, Commentary, Background, Insights from
Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna
Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "I found it
interesting that Joshua was not convinced by the people's affirmation
that they would serve only the Lord. He really pushed them to repeat
their response as though this will help them to embed it within them." |
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| "Choose
Today," from Joshua
and the Promised Land, Interactive Bible Study on the Web, A
Resource from the Women's Division, General Board of Global Ministries,
United Methodist Church. |
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Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18, Studies on Old Testament texts from
Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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"True Grit," Talitha Arnold, The Christian Century, 2002.
| "As a parish minister, I assume Joshua's role when I
invite people to affirm their covenant with God and one another. But I
seldom have his courage in the follow-through." |
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"The Liturgy of Abundance, the Myth of Scarcity," Walter Brueggemann,
The Christian Century, 1999.
| "This is not a church-growth text." |
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| Articles & Background: |
| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Bugg, Charles B.,
"Joshua 24:14-18 - The Choice," Review and Expositor, 1988. |
| Edelman, Diana,
"Are the Kings of the Amorites 'Swept Away' in Joshua XXIV 12?" Vetus
Testamentum, 1991. |
| Giblin, Charles H.,
S.J.,
"Structural Patterns in Joshua 24.1-25," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1964. |
| Sperling, S. David,
"Joshua 24 Re-examined," Hebrew Union College Annual, 1987. |
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| Reviews: |
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| With Children:
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"Joshua Leads
Israel," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"Kookaburra
Smart," MSSS Animal Tale, Joshua 24:15.
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Joshua 24:15,
Joshua
24:15,
memory verse activity, MSSS Crafts and Resources for Bible Stories. |
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