Joshua 22:27

22:27 but as a reminder to us and you, ¹  and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence ²  with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. ³  Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ⁴ 

Joshua 24:15

24:15 If you have no desire ⁵  to worship ⁶  the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, ⁷  whether it be the gods whom your ancestors ⁸  worshiped ⁹  beyond the Euphrates, ¹⁰  or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family ¹¹  will worship ¹²  the Lord!”

Joshua 24:21

24:21 The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will ¹³  worship ¹⁴  the Lord!”

[22:27]  ¹ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:27]  ² tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

[22:27]  ³ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[24:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “if it is bad in your eyes.”

[24:15]  ⁶ tn Or “to serve.”

[24:15]  ⁷ tn Or “will serve.”

[24:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:15]  ⁹ tn Or “served.”

[24:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “house.”

[24:15]  ¹² tn Or “will serve.”

[24:21]  ⁹ tn The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is emphatic. Another option is to take it as explanatory, “No, for we will….”

[24:21]  ¹⁰ tn Or “will serve.”