Verse 23
Joshua 24:23
American Standard Version
23
Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֕ה הָסִ֛ירוּ אֶת אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַ/נֵּכָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ/קִרְבְּ/כֶ֑ם וְ/הַטּוּ֙ אֶת לְבַבְ/כֶ֔ם אֶל יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And now remove the foreign gods that are among you and direct your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 24 Context
1
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and fo...
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And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel, Your fathers dw...
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And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan,...
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4
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and...
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5
And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst thereof:...
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And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after y...
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7
And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the...
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8
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that dwelt beyond the Jordan: and they fought with...
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9
Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called...
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10
but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his h...
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11
And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the A...
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12
And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Am...
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13
And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not labored, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell th...
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14
Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which you...
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15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the g...
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And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other g...
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for Jehovah our God (Elohim), he it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt,...
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and Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land: ther...
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19
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God (Elohim); he is a jea...
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If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, a...
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And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah.
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And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah...
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Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto...
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And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God (Elohim) will we serve, and unto his voice will we...
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25
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shech...
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And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God (Elohim); and he took a great stone, and...
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And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath h...
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So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.
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And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, be...
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And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country o...
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And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshu...
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And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Sheche...
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was gi...
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