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1 Luego Josué convocó a todo el pueblo de Israel en Siquén, juntamente con sus ancianos, oficiales y jueces. Todos asistieron y se presentaron delante del Señor.
1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
2 Josué se dirigió a ellos con las siguientes palabras: ―El Señor Dios de Israel dice: “Sus antepasados, incluyendo a Téraj el padre de Abraham y Najor, vivieron al oriente del río Éufrates. Allí adoraban a otros dioses.
2 Joshua said to all the people, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor. They served other gods.
3 Pero yo elegí a su padre Abraham desde aquella tierra al otro lado del río, y lo conduje hasta la tierra de Canaán, y le di muchos descendientes por medio de Isaac su hijo.
3 I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring, and gave him Isaac.
4 Los hijos que a Isaac le di fueron Jacob y Esaú. A Esaú le di el territorio que queda alrededor del monte Seír, mientras que Jacob y sus hijos entraron en Egipto.
4 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5 »”Entonces envié a Moisés y a Aarón para que enviaran terribles plagas sobre Egipto, y después saqué a mi pueblo de allí para que fueran libres.
5 “‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
6 Pero cuando llegaron al Mar Rojo los egipcios comenzaron a seguirlos con carros y caballos.
6 I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.
7 Israel clamó a mí y yo puse tinieblas entre ellos y los egipcios. También hice que el mar descendiera sobre los egipcios y los ahogara, y ustedes lo vieron con sus propios ojos. Luego Israel vivió en el desierto durante muchos años.
7 When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness many days.
8 Finalmente los hice entrar en la tierra de los amorreos al otro lado del río Jordán. Ellos pelearon contra ustedes, pero yo los destruí y les entregué a ustedes la tierra de ellos.
8 “‘I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan. They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land, and I destroyed them from before you.
9 El rey Balac de Moab comenzó una guerra contra Israel y le pidió a Balán, el hijo de Beor, que los maldijera.
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,
10 Pero yo no le presté atención, sino hice que los bendijera, y así libré a Israel de sus manos.
10 but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.
11 Luego ustedes cruzaron el río Jordán y entraron en Jericó. Los hombres de Jericó pelearon contra ustedes, y así lo hicieron también otros pueblos: los amorreos, los ferezeos, los cananeos, los hititas, los gergeseos, los heveos y los jebuseos. Uno por uno pelearon contra ustedes, pero yo los destruí a todos.
11 “‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
12 Envié delante de ustedes avispas para quitarles del paso a los dos reyes de los amorreos y su pueblo. No fue con sus espadas ni con sus arcos con los que obtuvieron ustedes la victoria.
12 I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.
13 Yo les di la tierra por la que no habían trabajado y ciudades que no habían edificado, las ciudades en las que ahora están viviendo. Les di viñedos y olivares para que se alimentaran, aunque ustedes no los plantaron”.
13 I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’
14 »Por lo tanto, teman al Señor y sírvanle con sinceridad y verdad. Desechen para siempre los ídolos que sus antepasados adoraron más allá del Éufrates y en Egipto. Adoren al Señor solamente.
14 “Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.
15 Pero si les parece mal servir al Señor, escojan hoy a quién van a servir, si a los dioses que sus antepasados adoraban más allá del Éufrates o a los dioses de los amorreos de esta tierra. Pero yo y los de mi casa serviremos al Señor.
15 If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
16 Entonces el pueblo respondió: ―¡Jamás abandonaremos al Señor ni adoraremos a otros dioses!
16 The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;
17 Porque el Señor nuestro Dios es el que nos rescató de la esclavitud en Egipto. Él es el Dios que hizo poderosos milagros ante los ojos de Israel y nos defendió de nuestros enemigos cuando pasamos por sus tierras.
17 for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the middle of whom we passed.
18 Fue el Señor el que echó delante de nosotros a los amorreos y a las otras naciones que vivían en la tierra. ¡Serviremos al Señor porque él es nuestro Dios!
18 Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God.”
19 Josué respondió al pueblo: ―No podrán adorar al Señor su Dios, porque él es santo y celoso y no perdonará sus rebeliones y pecados.
19 Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
20 Si lo abandonan y adoran otros dioses, él se volverá contra ustedes y los destruirá, aunque los haya cuidado durante tanto tiempo.
20 If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”
21 Pero el pueblo respondió: ―Nosotros serviremos al Señor.
21 The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve Yahweh.”
22 ―Ustedes mismos son testigos de lo que han dicho; han elegido al Señor para servirle —dijo Josué. ―Sí —respondieron ellos—, somos testigos.
22 Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”
23 ―Entonces —dijo Josué— destruyan los ídolos que ahora poseen y obedezcan al Señor el Dios de Israel.
23 “Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”
24 Y el pueblo de Israel respondió a Josué: ―Serviremos al Señor nuestro Dios y obedeceremos su voz.
24 The people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
25 Entonces Josué hizo un pacto con ellos aquel día en Siquén, un pacto permanente entre ellos y Dios. Y allí les dio leyes y mandamientos.
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26 Josué anotó la respuesta del pueblo en el libro de las leyes del Señor y tomó una gran piedra como recordatorio, y la puso bajo el encino que estaba junto al santuario.
26 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
27 Después Josué le dijo a todo el pueblo: ―Esta piedra ha oído cuanto el Señor ha dicho, de modo que será testigo contra ustedes si no cumplen lo prometido al Señor.
27 Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
28 Luego Josué despidió al pueblo para que volviera cada uno a sus tierras.
28 So Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
29 Poco después de esto murió Josué, hijo de Nun, siervo del Señor, a la edad de ciento diez años.
29 After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
30 Fue sepultado en su propiedad en Timnat Sera, en las montañas de Efraín, al norte del monte de Gaas.
30 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
31 Israel obedeció al Señor durante toda la vida de Josué y de los otros ancianos que habían sido testigos de las asombrosas obras que el Señor había hecho por Israel.
31 Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.
32 Los huesos de José que el pueblo de Israel había traído consigo desde Egipto, fueron sepultados en Siquén, en la parcela que Jacob había comprado por cien piezas de plata a los hijos de Jamor, situada en el territorio asignado a las tribus de los hijos de José.
32 They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
33 También murió Eleazar el hijo de Aarón, y fue sepultado en Guibeá, la ciudad de Finés su hijo, en las montañas de Efraín.
33 Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Zippor
The father of Balak, king of Moab.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 22:2; Numbers 22:4; Joshua 24:9
Places
Shechem
Shechem lay between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. Abram built an altar here, Joshua gathered Israel for covenant renewal, and Jacob's well stands nearby.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12:6; Joshua 24:1; John 4:5
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 23:2; 1 Samuel 10:19; Exodus 18:25–26; Genesis 33:18–19; Genesis 12:6
- 2 Joshua 24:15; Genesis 31:30; Ezekiel 16:3; Isaiah 51:2; Genesis 31:53
- 3 Genesis 12:1–4; Genesis 21:2–3; Acts 7:2–3; Genesis 15:5; Psalm 127:3
- 4 Genesis 36:8; Deuteronomy 2:5; Genesis 25:24–26; Acts 7:15; Psalm 105:23
- 5 Exodus 3:10; Exodus 7:1–12; Psalm 78:43–51; Exodus 12:51; Psalm 105:26–36
- 6 Acts 7:36; Hebrews 11:29; Isaiah 63:12–13; Exodus 12:37; Psalm 136:13–15
- 7 Deuteronomy 4:34; Exodus 14:20; Exodus 14:10; Nehemiah 9:12–21; Exodus 14:31
- 8 Numbers 21:21–35; Psalm 136:17–22; Deuteronomy 2:32–3:7; Nehemiah 9:22; Psalm 135:10–11
- 9 Judges 11:25; Micah 6:5; Numbers 22:2; Deuteronomy 23:4–5; Numbers 22:5–21
- 10 Deuteronomy 23:5; Isaiah 54:17; Numbers 24:5–10; Numbers 22:35; Numbers 22:11–12
- 11 Joshua 3:14–17; Joshua 4:10–12; Deuteronomy 7:1; Psalm 105:44; Psalm 78:54–55
- 12 Exodus 23:28; Deuteronomy 7:20; Psalm 44:3–6
- 13 Deuteronomy 6:10–12; Deuteronomy 8:7; Joshua 21:45; Proverbs 13:22; Joshua 11:13
- 14 1 Samuel 12:24; Deuteronomy 10:12; Genesis 35:2; Joshua 24:23; 2 Corinthians 1:12
- 15 1 Kings 18:21; John 6:67–68; Ruth 1:15–16; Deuteronomy 29:18; Ezekiel 20:39
- 16 Hebrews 10:38–39; 1 Samuel 12:23; Romans 6:2; Romans 3:6
- 17 Exodus 19:4; Isaiah 63:7–14; Amos 2:9–10; Deuteronomy 32:11–12; Isaiah 46:4
- 18 Psalm 116:16; Micah 4:2; Exodus 10:2; Zechariah 8:23; Luke 1:73–75
- 19 Exodus 23:21; Isaiah 5:16; Exodus 20:5; Psalm 99:5; Psalm 99:9
- 20 Hebrews 10:26–27; Acts 7:42; Ezekiel 18:24; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Jeremiah 17:13
- 21 Exodus 20:19; Deuteronomy 5:27–28; Exodus 19:8; Isaiah 44:5; Exodus 24:7
- 22 Psalm 119:173; Psalm 119:11; Job 15:6; Luke 10:42; Deuteronomy 26:17
- 23 Joshua 24:14; 2 Corinthians 6:16–18; 1 Samuel 7:3–4; Judges 10:15–16; Hebrews 12:28–29
- 24 Exodus 24:7; Exodus 24:3; Deuteronomy 5:27–29
- 25 Nehemiah 9:38; Exodus 15:25; 2 Chronicles 23:16; 2 Kings 11:17; Joshua 24:26
- 26 Judges 9:6; Genesis 35:4; Joshua 4:20–24; Deuteronomy 31:24–26; Exodus 24:4
- 27 Luke 19:40; Joshua 22:34; Deuteronomy 31:26; Matthew 10:33; Joshua 22:27–28
- 28 Judges 2:6
- 29 Judges 2:8; Genesis 50:22; Genesis 50:26; Psalm 115:17; Deuteronomy 34:5
- 30 Joshua 19:50; Judges 2:9; 2 Samuel 23:30
- 31 Judges 2:7; Deuteronomy 31:13; Deuteronomy 11:2; Deuteronomy 31:29; 2 Chronicles 24:2
- 32 Genesis 50:25; Genesis 33:19; Exodus 13:19; Acts 7:16; John 4:5
- 33 Exodus 6:25; Joshua 22:13; Exodus 6:23; Job 30:23; Numbers 3:32
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… belonged, was the only one in which the worship of the true God survived, and the only one, we may suppose, in which the Hebrew language was preserved; although Joshua the son of Nun tells us that even this family served other gods in Mesopotamia. The other descendants of Heber gradually became absorbed in other races and other languages.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… a stone as witness of his words (already a heap somewhere had been called a witness by Jacob), for he says, "Behold this stone shall be a witness unto you this day to the end of days, when ye lie to the Lord our God," perhaps believing that by God's power even the stones would speak to the conviction of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)