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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| Historical References, Commentary and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:
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Chapter II, On
Modesty, Tertullian
(c. 217) |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
| 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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Commentary, Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18, Sara Koenig, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
| "The reason to serve God is
because of what God has done for them. They were listening to
Joshua's sermon! They echo back the history that Joshua himself
recounted in detail for them. The second reason emerges naturally
from the first. If God has done this for us, then he is our God.
This affirmation becomes more profound when it is set against the
background of polytheism." |
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Commentary, Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25, Ralph W. Klein, Preaching This
Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
| "The verb 'serve' is evocative in
these verses. 'Serve' can mean 'worship' or it can mean 'show
loyalty toward,' or, as v. 24 notes, it can also mean 'obey.'" |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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The Old Testament Readings:
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25. 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 26A, 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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Desert Scribblings, Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25, Geoff McElroy.
| "The God of Israel demanded much more than just
proper worship and ritual, but demanded justice within the
community, concern for the poor, widow, and orphan, concern for the
stranger, alongside proper religious practice." |
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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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"The Cost
of Faith,"
Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics. |
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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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| Arnold, Talitha,
"True Grit," The Christian Century, 2002.
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| Brueggemann,
Walter, "The Liturgy of Abundance, the Myth of Scarcity," The
Christian Century, 2008.
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| Bugg, Charles B.,
"Joshua 24:14-18 - The Choice," Review and Expositor, 1988.
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| Chester, Ray F.,
"Covenant Types," Restoration Quarterly, 1966.
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| Edelman, Diana,
"Are the Kings of the Amorites 'Swept Away' in Joshua XXIV 12?" Vetus
Testamentum, 1991.
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| Giblin, Charles H.,
S.J.,
"Structural Patterns in Joshua 24.1-25," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1964.
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| House, Paul R.,
"Examining the Narratives of Old Testament Narrative: An Exploration in
Biblical Theology," Westminister Theological Journal, 2005.
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| 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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