Verse 22
Joshua 24:22
World Messianic Bible
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Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him.”
They said, “We are witnesses.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ אֶל הָ/עָ֗ם עֵדִ֤ים אַתֶּם֙ בָּ/כֶ֔ם כִּֽי אַתֶּ֞ם בְּחַרְתֶּ֥ם לָ/כֶ֛ם אֶת יְהוָ֖ה לַ/עֲבֹ֣ד אוֹת֑/וֹ וַ/יֹּאמְר֖וּ עֵדִֽים
English Translation
And Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves, that you have chosen for yourselves the Lord to serve Him." And they said, "We are witnesses."
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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, “Yahweh says, the God (Elohim) of Israel, ‘Your fathers lived of old...
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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 among them: and afterwa...
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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 Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on...
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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 whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in th...
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14
“Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fa...
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15
If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which yo...
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16
The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;
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17
for it is Yahweh our God (Elohim) who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from t...
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18
Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore...
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19
Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God (Elohim). He is a jealous G...
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20
If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, a...
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21
The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve Yahweh.”
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22
Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yoursel...
23
“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the...
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24
The people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh 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 Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years...
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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 Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and...
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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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