Joshua 24:14

24:14 Now ¹  obey ²  the Lord and worship ³  him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors ⁴  worshiped ⁵  beyond the Euphrates ⁶  and in Egypt and worship ⁷  the Lord.

Joshua 24:20

24:20 If ⁸  you abandon the Lord and worship ⁹  foreign gods, he will turn against you; ¹⁰  he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, ¹¹  though he once treated you well.” ¹² 

[24:14]  ¹ sn Joshua quotes the Lord’s words in vv. 2b-13 (note that the Lord speaks in the first person in these verses); in vv. 14-15 Joshua himself exhorts the people (note the third person references to the Lord).

[24:14]  ² tn Heb “fear.”

[24:14]  ³ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:14]  ⁵ tn Or “served.”

[24:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:14]  ⁷ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:20]  ⁸ tn Or “when.”

[24:20]  ⁹ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:20]  ¹⁰ tn The words “against you” are added for clarification.

[24:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “bring you to an end.”

[24:20]  ¹² tn Heb “after he did good for you.”