Joshua 24:7

Translations

Modern

So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

Traditional

And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

Literal

And they cried out to YHWH, and He put darkness between you and between the Egyptians, and He brought upon them the sea and covered them, and your eyes saw what I did against Egypt, and you dwelt in the wilderness many days.

Latin

Clamaverunt autem ad Dominum filii Israël: qui posuit tenebras inter vos et Ægyptios, et adduxit super eos mare, et operuit eos. Viderunt oculi vestri cuncta quæ in Ægypto fecerim, et habitastis in solitudine multo tempore:

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English

So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

Notes

Joshua 24:7

Even though the older Israelites present here had been children at the time of the exodus, they had seen the events with their very own eyes.

Joshua 24:5–7

The exodus from Egypt, which reached its climax when the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, was the central act of salvation in Israel’s history. Many psalms, several later prophets, and a number of New Testament writers all pointed back to this event and celebrated its importance.

Joshua 24:3–13

"I took … I gave … I sent … I brought": Joshua repeated God's words. This reminded the Israelites to remain loyal to God. Israel's faith always began with God's actions.

Joshua 24:1–13

Joshua reminded the people of the many ways God had shown grace to Israel throughout their history.

Joshua 24:1–27

In both its form and its content, this covenant statement is similar to an ancient Near Eastern suzerain–vassal treaty (a treaty between a powerful ruler and a weaker people). The suzerain protects them and provides benefits, and in return, the weaker people (the vassal) owe loyalty and obedience.

The covenant begins with a preamble, which identifies the speaker (24:2). It then includes a historical prologue. This section recounts the suzerain’s gracious acts, describing what God had done for the people in the past (24:3–13).

Next, the covenant lists the stipulations, or required obligations, that the people must follow (24:14–15). It also warns of curses and promises blessings, depending on whether the people obey or disobey (24:19–20).

Finally, the passage notes where the covenant text was recorded so it could be read again in the future (implied in 24:26). It also names witnesses who confirmed the covenant agreement (24:22, 27). See also study note on Exodus 20:1–23:33.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua God’s Covenants Shechem The Broken Covenant

Related verses

Deuteronomy 4:34
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
Exodus 14:20
…so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
Exodus 14:10
As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.
Psalm 95:9–10
…where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
Exodus 14:31
When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
Exodus 14:27–28
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
Nehemiah 9:12–21
You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
Deuteronomy 1:46
For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.
Numbers 14:33–34
Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 29:2
Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.
Joshua 5:6
For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Acts 13:17–18
The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Amorites Covenant Euphrates River Joshua, Book of King Red Sea Rest Shechem (Place) Tribe of Dan

Topics

Red Sea: Israelites Cross; Pharaoh and his Army Drowned In Shechem: Joshua Assembled the Tribes of Israel At

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