Joshua 24:14-28
Legacy Standard Bible
We Will Serve Yahweh Our God
14 “So now, [a](A)fear Yahweh and serve Him in integrity and [b]truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the [c]River and in Egypt, and serve Yahweh. 15 If it is evil in your sight to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River or (B)the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
16 And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh to serve other gods; 17 for Yahweh our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, and who did these great signs in our sight and kept us through all the way in which we went and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed. 18 And Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. We also will serve Yahweh, for He is our God.”
19 Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve Yahweh, (C)for He is a holy God. He is (D)a jealous God; (E)He will not forgive your transgression or your sins. 20 (F)If you forsake Yahweh and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.” 21 And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve Yahweh.” 22 And Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that (G)you have chosen for yourselves Yahweh, to serve Him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.” 23 “So now, put away the foreign gods which are in your midst, and (H)incline your hearts to Yahweh, the God of Israel.” 24 (I)And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to His voice.” 25 (J)So Joshua cut a covenant with the people that day and made for them a statute and a judgment in Shechem. 26 And Joshua (K)wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh. 27 And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, (L)this stone shall be for a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which He spoke [d]to us; thus it shall be for a witness against you, lest you deny your God.” 28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance.
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- Joshua 24:14 Or reverence
- Joshua 24:14 Or faithfulness
- Joshua 24:14 The Euphrates River
- Joshua 24:27 Lit with
Joshua 24:14-28
International Standard Version
14 “Now you must fear the Lord and serve him in faithfulness and truth. Throw away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates[a] River and in Egypt. Instead, serve the Lord. 15 If you think it’s the wrong thing for you to serve the Lord, then choose for yourselves today whom you will serve—the gods whom your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates[b] River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose territories you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
The Response of the People
16 In response, the people said, “Far be it from us that we should abandon the Lord to serve other gods, 17 since the Lord our God is the one who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, from a life of slavery. He did those great things right in front of us, preserving us along the way that we traveled and among all the peoples through whose territory we passed. 18 The Lord expelled all the people before us, including the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore, we also will serve the Lord, since he is our God.”
19 So Joshua told the people, “You will not be able to serve the Lord, because he is a God of Holiness. He is a jealous God, and he will forgive neither your transgressions nor your sins. 20 If you abandon the Lord and serve foreign deities, then he will turn and do you harm, consuming you after all[c] the good he has done for you.”
21 “No,” the people replied to Joshua. “We will serve the Lord.”
22 Joshua responded, “You are giving testimony against yourselves, that you have chosen to serve the Lord.”
They replied, “We are witnesses!”
23 Joshua said,[d] “Therefore abandon the foreign gods that are among you, and turn your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
24 The people replied,[e] “We will serve the Lord our God and obey his voice.”
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, making statutes and ordinances in Shechem. 26 He[f] wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God, took a large stone, moved it under the shade of[g] the oak tree that was near the sanctuary of the Lord, 27 and then[h] told all of the people, “Look! This stone will testify for us, because it has heard everything that the Lord has spoken to us. So it will stand as a witness against you in the event that you deny your God.” 28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, and each man returned[i] to his territorial inheritance.
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- Joshua 24:14 The Heb. lacks Euphrates
- Joshua 24:15 The Heb. lacks Euphrates
- Joshua 24:20 The Heb. lacks all
- Joshua 24:23 The Heb. lacks Joshua said
- Joshua 24:24 Lit. replied to Josh
- Joshua 24:26 Lit. Josh
- Joshua 24:26 The Heb. lacks the shade of
- Joshua 24:27 Lit. Josh
- Joshua 24:28 The Heb. lacks returned
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