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Joshua’s word to choose today whom to serve, and the people’s answers

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Joshua 24:14–24: Joshua goes on, “Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve the LORD. If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” The people answer, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the middle of whom we passed. The LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD; for he is our God.” Joshua says to the people, “You can’t serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins. If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.” The people say to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.” Joshua says to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD yourselves, to serve him.” They say, “We are witnesses.” “Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel.” The people say to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to his voice.” The WEB does not name the speaker of 24:23; the Korean Revised Version names Joshua.

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JOS 24:14–24, engwebp
¹⁴“Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve the LORD.
¹⁵If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
¹⁶The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
¹⁷for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the middle of whom we passed.
¹⁸The LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD; for he is our God.”
¹⁹Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
²⁰If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”
²¹The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.”
²²Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”
²³“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
²⁴The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
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Current wording: Joshua 24:14–24: Joshua goes on, “Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve the LORD. If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” The people answer, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the middle of whom we passed. The LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD; for he is our God.” Joshua says to the people, “You can’t serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins. If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.” The people say to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.” Joshua says to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD yourselves, to serve him.” They say, “We are witnesses.” “Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel.” The people say to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to his voice.” The WEB does not name the speaker of 24:23; the Korean Revised Version names Joshua.
Cited evidence: JOS 24:14–24, engwebp
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