Joshua 24:16

24:16 The people responded, “Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can ¹  worship ²  other gods!

Joshua 24:23

24:23 Joshua said, ³  “Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to ⁴  the Lord God of Israel.”

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 24:20

24:20 If ¹³  you abandon the Lord and worship ¹⁴  foreign gods, he will turn against you; ¹⁵  he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, ¹⁶  though he once treated you well.” ¹⁷ 

Joshua 23:7

23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near ¹⁸  you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! ¹⁹  You must not worship ²⁰  or bow down to them!

Joshua 24:2

24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors ²¹  lived beyond the Euphrates River, ²²  including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped ²³  other gods,

Joshua 24:14

24:14 Now ²⁴  obey ²⁵  the Lord and worship ²⁶  him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors ²⁷  worshiped ²⁸  beyond the Euphrates ²⁹  and in Egypt and worship ³⁰  the Lord.

Joshua 23:16

23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, ³¹  and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, ³²  the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear ³³  quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

Joshua 22:22

22:22 “El, God, the Lord! ³⁴  El, God, the Lord! He knows the truth! ³⁵  Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the Lord, ³⁶  don’t spare us ³⁷  today!

Joshua 24:19

24:19 Joshua warned ³⁸  the people, “You will not keep worshiping ³⁹  the Lord, for ⁴⁰  he is a holy God. ⁴¹  He is a jealous God who will not forgive ⁴²  your rebellion or your sins.

[24:16]  ¹ tn Heb “to.”

[24:16]  ² tn Or “can serve.”

[24:23]  ³ tn The words “Joshua said” are supplied for clarification.

[24:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “bend your heart toward.” The term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) probably here refers to the people’s volition or will.

[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.”

[24:20]  ⁷ tn Or “when.”

[24:20]  ⁸ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:20]  ⁹ tn The words “against you” are added for clarification.

[24:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “bring you to an end.”

[24:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “after he did good for you.”

[23:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “with.”

[23:7]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Or “serve.”

[24:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:2]  ¹² tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:2]  ¹³ tn Or “served.”

[24:14]  ¹³ 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]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “fear.”

[24:14]  ¹⁵ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:14]  ¹⁷ tn Or “served.”

[24:14]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:14]  ¹⁹ tn Or “and serve.”

[23:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “when you violate the covenant of the Lord your God which he commanded you.”

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

[23:16]  ¹⁷ tn Or “perish.”

[22:22]  ¹⁷ sn Israel’s God is here identified with three names: (1) אֵל (’el), “El” (or “God”); (2) אֱלֹהִים (’elohim), “Elohim” (or “God”), and (3) יְהוָה (yÿhvah), “Yahweh” (or “the Lord”). The name אֵל (’el, “El”) is often compounded with titles, for example, El Elyon, “God Most High.”

[22:22]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “he knows.”

[22:22]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “if in rebellion or if in unfaithfulness against the Lord.”

[22:22]  ²⁰ tn Heb “do not save us.” The verb form is singular, being addressed to either collective Israel or the Lord himself. The LXX translates in the third person.

[24:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “said to.”

[24:19]  ²⁰ tn Heb “you are not able to serve.”

[24:19]  ²¹ sn For an excellent discussion of Joshua’s logical argument here, see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 274-75.

[24:19]  ²² tn In the Hebrew text both the divine name (אֱלֹהִים, ’elohim) and the adjective (קְדֹשִׁים, qÿdoshim, “holy”) are plural. Normally the divine name, when referring to the one true God, takes singular modifiers, but this is a rare exception where the adjective agrees grammatically with the honorific plural noun. See GKC §124.i and IBHS 122.

[24:19]  ²³ tn Heb “lift up” or “take away.”