Verse 24

Joshua 24:24

New King James Version

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

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּאמְר֥וּ הָ/עָ֖ם אֶל יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ אֶת יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֨י/נוּ֙ נַעֲבֹ֔ד וּ/בְ/קוֹל֖/וֹ נִשְׁמָֽע

English Translation

And the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to His voice."

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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... Focus ↗

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...

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 ↗

Verse Information

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

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