Verse 21
Joshua 24:21
World English Bible, British Edition
21
The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר הָ/עָ֖ם אֶל יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ לֹ֕א כִּ֥י אֶת יְהוָ֖ה נַעֲבֹֽד
English Translation
And the people said to Joshua, "No, for we will serve the LORD."
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Chapter 24 Context
1
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the
elders of Israel, for their...
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2
Joshua said to all the people, “The LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says, ‘Your
fathers lived of o...
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3
I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout
all the land of Canaan, and...
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4
I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess
it. Jacob and his children...
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5
“‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that
which I did amongst them: and after...
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6
I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians
pursued your fathers wit...
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7
When they cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the
Egyptians, and brought the sea...
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8
“‘I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond
the Jordan. They fought with you, a...
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9
Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against
Israel. He sent and called Bala...
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10
but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So
I delivered you out of his hand...
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11
“‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of
Jericho fought against you, the Amorite,...
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12
I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you,
even the two kings of the Amorit...
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13
I gave you a land on which you had not laboured, and cities which you
didn’t build, and you live in...
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14
“Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and
in truth. Put away the gods which your...
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15
If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will
serve; whether the gods which...
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16
The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake
the LORD, to serve other gods;
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17
for it is the LORD our God (Elohim) who brought us and our fathers up out of
the land of Egypt, from...
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18
The LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites
who lived in the land. Therefor...
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19
Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve the LORD, for he
is a holy God (Elohim). He is a jealous...
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20
If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn
and do you evil, and consume you,...
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21
The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.”
22
Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that
you have chosen the LORD yours...
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23
“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are amongst you,
and incline your heart to the LORD,...
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24
The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God (Elohim),
and we will listen to his voice...
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25
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made
for them a statute and an ordinance in...
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26
Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God (Elohim); and he took
a great stone, and set...
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27
Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness
against us, for it has heard a...
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28
So Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
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29
After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the
LORD, died, being one hundred and ten...
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30
They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which
is in the hill country of Ep...
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31
Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of
the elders who outlived Joshua, a...
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32
They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought
up out of Egypt, in Shechem, i...
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33
Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas
his son, which was given him...
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