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A choice must be made
This last meeting of Joshua took place at Shechem which is a few miles northwest of Shiloh (v. 1). This was where God first promised Canaan to Abraham (Gen. 12:6-7), where Jacob built an altar and buried the idols his family had brought with them (Gen. 35:4) and where the I …

Serve God from the heart, not the head
Joshua is now quite old. He has been strong and courageous as God commanded, he has the scars from many battles, he has known the power and presence of God in his life and in his leadership, and now he recognizes his death is near. So he gathers the people together, and gives his …

Joshua finished well at the age of 110
Realizing that further words would be fruitless, Joshua solemnly renewed the covenant (vv.25-26). The covenant between Israel and God was that the people would worship and obey the Lord alone. Their purpose was to be a holy nation that would influence the rest of the world for Go …