 And Joshua said unto all the people, Tims saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.  Commentaries on Joshua. 1854 - Page 269by Jean Calvin - 1854Full view - About this book
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...death. AND Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel toShechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and s of Israel. SO And it was so, that all that saw it,...your minds. CHAP. XX. 1 The Lcvite in a general a LOR o God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 430 pages
...Joshua waxed old, and stricken in age. And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elder*, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: •• And ye have seen all that the LORD your GOD hath... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, 1 am old and stricken in age : 3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done... | |
 | 1839 - 702 pages
...signifies fire or light. That Terah was an idolater is evident from Joshua xxiv. 2, " Your fathers, on the other side of the flood, in old time, even Terah, the father of Abram and Nahor, and they served other gods." It may be reasonably conjectured that Abram was equally... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1815 - 644 pages
...Terah were idolaters, is expressed by Joshua ; who says, in his last address to the tribes of Israel; " Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood, (ie of the river Euphrates) even Terah, the father of Abraham, arid the father of Nahor, and they served... | |
 | 1815 - 706 pages
...Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age : 3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1816 - 460 pages
...themselves, that line oi which Christ was to come, were corrupted in a measure with idolatry. Josh. 24 : 2. " Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah the father of Abraham, anil the father of Nahor ; and they served other gods." " The other side of the flood " means beyond... | |
 | Moses Lowman - 1816 - 428 pages
...continuance; it had been as old as the days of Terah the father of Abraham; so Joshua informed the people. And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God * Herodotus informs us, it was an established custom among the Babylonians, that their virgins, of... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...and for their b «*•*>•«• officers; and they "presented themselves f'8™-1* before God. 2 T orge Eyre and Andrew Strahan d Your fathers dwelt on the other side of iSTjiiii, the flood in old time, even Terah, the fa- s-*1'ther... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 714 pages
...(b) " he gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for their elders, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers, and they presented themselves before God ;" we may reasonably suppose, that though all the people met at Shechem, yet their elders and chief... | |
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