Joshua 23:7

23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near ¹  you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! ²  You must not worship ³  or bow down to them!

Joshua 23:16

23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, ⁴  and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, ⁵  the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear ⁶  quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

[23:7]  ¹ tn Heb “with.”

[23:7]  ² tn Heb “and in the name of their gods you must not invoke and you must not make solemn declarations.” The words “and you must not make solemn declarations” are omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition to elucidate the immediately preceding command. The Hiphil of שָׁבַע (shava’) without an object occurs only here and in Josh 6:26.

[23:7]  ³ tn Or “serve.”

[23:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “when you violate the covenant of the Lord your God which he commanded you.”

[23:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[23:16]  ⁶ tn Or “perish.”