Verse 27
Joshua 24:27
World Messianic Bible
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Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God (Elohim).”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ אֶל כָּל הָ/עָ֗ם הִנֵּ֨ה הָ/אֶ֤בֶן הַ/זֹּאת֙ תִּֽהְיֶה בָּ֣/נוּ לְ/עֵדָ֔ה כִּֽי הִ֣יא שָׁמְעָ֗ה אֵ֚ת כָּל אִמְרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר עִמָּ֑/נוּ וְ/הָיְתָ֤ה בָ/כֶם֙ לְ/עֵדָ֔ה פֶּֽן תְּכַחֲשׁ֖וּ/ן בֵּ/אלֹהֵי/כֶֽם
English Translation
And Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness for us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us, and it shall be among you as a witness, lest you deny your God."
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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...
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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...
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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