Jos 24:14-24 | TSK | e4.org | fear ; ; , ; , ; ; serve ; , ; ; ; , ; ; ; ; ; put From this exhortation of Joshua, we not only learn that the Israelites still retained some relics of idolatry, but to what gods they were attached. 1. Those whom their fathers worshipped on the other side of the food, or the river Euphrates, i.e., the gods of the Chaldeans, fire, light, the sun, etc. 2. Those of the Egyptians, Apis, Anubis, serpents, vegetables, etc. 3. Those of the Amorites, Moabites, Canaanites, etc., Baal-peor, Astarte, etc. How astonishing is it, that after all that God had done for them, and all the miracles they had seen, there should still be found among them both idols and idolaters! , ; ; ; ; ; ; in Egypt ,

‏ Joshua 24:14-24

fear Deut 10:12; 1Sam 12:24; Job 1:1, Job 28:28; Ps 111:10, Ps 130:4; Hos 3:5; Acts 9:31

serve Josh 24:23; Gen 17:1, Gen 20:5-6; Deut 18:13; 2Kgs 20:3; Ps 119:1, Ps 119:80; Luke 8:15; John 4:23-24; 2Cor 1:12; Eph 6:24; Phil 1:10

put From this exhortation of Joshua, we not only learn that the Israelites still retained some relics of idolatry, but to what gods they were attached.

1. Those whom their fathers worshipped on the other side of the food, or the river Euphrates, i.e., the gods of the Chaldeans, fire, light, the sun, etc.

2. Those of the Egyptians, Apis, Anubis, serpents, vegetables, etc.

3. Those of the Amorites, Moabites, Canaanites, etc., Baal-peor, Astarte, etc.

How astonishing is it, that after all that God had done for them, and all the miracles they had seen, there should still be found among them both idols and idolaters! Josh 24:2, Josh 24:23; Gen 35:2; Exod 20:3-4; Lev 17:7; Ezra 9:11; Ezek 20:18; Amos 5:25-26

in Egypt Ezek 20:7-8, Ezek 23:3

choose Ruth 1:15-16; 1Kgs 18:21; Ezek 20:39; John 6:67

whether the gods Josh 24:14

or the gods Exod 23:24, Exod 23:32-33, Exod 34:15; Deut 13:7, Deut 29:18; Judg 6:10

as for me Gen 18:19; Ps 101:2, Ps 119:106, Ps 119:111-112; John 6:68; Acts 11:23

1Sam 12:23; Rom 3:6, Rom 6:2; Heb 10:38-39

Josh 24:5-14; Exod 19:4; Deut 32:11-12; Isa 46:4, Isa 63:7-14; Amos 2:9-10

will we also Exod 10:2, Exod 15:2; Ps 116:16; Mic 4:2; Zech 8:23; Luke 1:73-75

Ye cannot Josh 24:23; Ruth 1:15; Matt 6:24; Luke 14:25-33

holy Lev 10:3, Lev 19:2; 1Sam 6:20; Ps 99:5, Ps 99:9; Isa 5:16, Isa 6:3-5, Isa 30:11, Isa 30:15; Hab 1:13

a jealous Exod 20:5, Exod 34:14; 1Cor 10:20-22

he will not Exod 23:21, Exod 34:7; 1Sam 3:14; 2Chr 36:16; Isa 27:11

he will turn Josh 23:12-15; 1Chr 28:9; 2Chr 15:2; Ezra 8:22; Isa 1:28, Isa 63:10, Isa 65:11-12; Jer 17:13; Ezek 18:24; Acts 7:42; Heb 10:26-27, Heb 10:38

Nay Exod 19:8, Exod 20:19, Exod 24:3, Exod 24:7; Deut 5:27-28, Deut 26:17; Isa 44:5

Ye are witnesses Ye have been sufficiently apprised of the difficulties in your way - of God's holiness, and the nature of his service - your own weakness, inconstancy, and insufficiency - your need of the Divine help, and the hope of assistance held out in the law - and the awful consequences of apostasy, and now ye make your choice. Remember then that ye are witnesses against yourselves; and your own conscience will be witness, judge, and executioner. Deut 26:17; Job 15:6; Luke 19:22

ye have Ps 119:11, Ps 119:173; Luke 10:42

put away Josh 24:14; Gen 35:2-4; Exod 20:23; Judg 10:15-16; 1Sam 7:3-4; Hos 14:2-3, Hos 14:8; 1Cor 10:19-21; 2Cor 6:16-18

incline Prov 2:2; Heb 12:28-29

Deut 5:28-29