Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus 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.
Cross-reference
Joshua 24:15 presents the choice to serve the Lord, directly building on the history of idolatry and the call to abandon other gods introduced in v2.
Joshua 24:14 directly builds on this — Joshua calls Israel to put away the very gods their fathers served beyond the River.
Genesis 11:26 lists Terah's sons, providing the genealogy behind Joshua's reference to 'your ancestors, Terah father of Abraham and Nahor.'
Genesis 11:31 describes Terah's journey from Ur, explaining the 'lived beyond the Euphrates' background that Joshua 24:2 summarizes.
Genesis 12:1 records God's call to Abram to leave his country—the event that follows the ancestral setting introduced in Joshua 24:2.
Luke 3:34 lists Terah as Abraham's father in Jesus' genealogy, directly matching the ancestral mention here.
Acts 7:2 provides Stephen's account of the same event: God appeared to Abraham in Mesopotamia before Haran, mirroring Joshua's mention of origins beyond the Euphrates.
Genesis 31:53 invokes the God of Abraham and Nahor, reflecting the same patriarchs named in Joshua 24:2 as original ancestors.
Genesis 35:2 echoes this call to abandon foreign gods — Jacob's household purges idols, connecting to the ancestral idolatry mentioned here.
Genesis 35:4 shows Jacob purifying his household by burying foreign gods, contrasting with the ancestors serving idols in Joshua 24:2.
Deuteronomy 26:5 recalls Israel's origin as a 'wandering Aramean,' connecting to the ancestral home beyond the Euphrates mentioned in Joshua 24:2.
Nehemiah 9:7 recalls God bringing Abram from Ur of the Chaldeans, the same 'beyond the River' context mentioned here.
Genesis 31:19 mentions Rachel stealing Laban's household gods (teraphim), connecting to the 'other gods' that the patriarchs served in Joshua 24:2.
Genesis 31:30 has Laban accusing Jacob of stealing his gods, continuing the theme of idols present in the patriarchal family as referenced in Joshua 24:2.
Isaiah 51:2 also calls Abraham father, highlighting his calling from one, while Joshua recounts his origins in idolatry beyond the Euphrates.
Ezekiel 16:3 similarly describes Jerusalem's origins in Canaanite idolatry, echoing the 'served other gods' theme from Joshua's account of the patriarchs.