Joshua 24:1-3
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24Then aJoshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the 1River, namely, aTerah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. 3‘Then aI took your father Abraham from beyond the 1River and led him through all the land of Canaan and bmultiplied his seed and gave him cIsaac.