Verse 22

Joshua 24:22

New King James Version

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22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And 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 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and fo... Focus ↗

2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel, Your fathers dwelt... Focus ↗

3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land... Focus ↗

4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and... Focus ↗

5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afte... Focus ↗

6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after y... Focus ↗

7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the se... Focus ↗

8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they foug... Focus ↗

9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Bal... Focus ↗

10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his h... Focus ↗

11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amori... Focus ↗

12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Am... Focus ↗

13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell... Focus ↗

14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which yo... Focus ↗

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the... Focus ↗

16 And the people answered and said, God (Elohim) forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve othe... Focus ↗

17 For the LORD our God (Elohim), he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt,... Focus ↗

18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: the... Focus ↗

19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God (Elohim); he is a j... Focus ↗

20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you,... Focus ↗

21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. Focus ↗

22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LOR...

23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto t... Focus ↗

24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God (Elohim) will we serve, and his voice will we obey... Focus ↗

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shech... Focus ↗

26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God (Elohim), and took a great stone, and set... Focus ↗

27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath hear... Focus ↗

28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. Focus ↗

29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, b... Focus ↗

30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on... Focus ↗

31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Jos... Focus ↗

32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Sheche... Focus ↗

33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son,... Focus ↗

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Book: Joshua
Chapter: Chapter 24 (33 verses)
Version: New King James Version

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