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Joshua 24:23

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

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.

Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God 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 Shechem.

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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 in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:16–18

    And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:3–4

    And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

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  • Judges 10:15–16

    And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.

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  • Hebrews 12:28–29

    Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

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  • Genesis 35:2–4

    Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

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  • Proverbs 2:2

    So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:19–21

    What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

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