Quotes about Israel
Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:
— Joshua 22:21
“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
— Joshua 22:22
But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
— Joshua 22:24
When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.
— Joshua 22:30
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
— Joshua 23:1
he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
— Joshua 23:2
Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
— Joshua 24:1
And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
— Joshua 24:2
Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
— Joshua 24:9
Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.
— Joshua 24:31
When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
— Judges 1:28
And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.
— Judges 2:7