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Joshua 24:23

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21 “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”

22 Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.

“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”

24 So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”

25 On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

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BSB
“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
KJV
Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
WEB
“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
ASV
Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.
DARBY
Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.
BLB
“And now, put away the foreign gods that [are] among you⁺ and incline your⁺ heart to YHWH, God of Israel.”
ÅB
Josva sa: Så skill dere nå av med de fremmede guder som dere har hos dere, og bøy deres hjerte til Herren, Israels Gud!
OTB
«Så fjern nå,» sa Josva, «de fremmede gudene som er blant dere og vend deres hjerter til Herren, Israels Gud.»
B1930
Josva sa: Så skill eder nu av med de fremmede guder som I har hos eder, og bøi eders hjerte til Herren, Israels Gud!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joshua 24:14

    Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:16–18

    What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

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  • 1 Samuel 7:3–4

    Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

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  • Judges 10:15–16

    “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”

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  • Hebrews 12:28–29

    Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.

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  • Genesis 35:2–4

    So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

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  • Proverbs 2:2

    if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:19–21

    Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

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