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Joshua 24:21-25

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24:21 The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will 1  worship 2  the Lord!” 24:22 Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?” 3  They replied, “We are witnesses!” 4  24:23 Joshua said, 5  “Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to 6  the Lord God of Israel.”

24:24 The people said to Joshua, “We will worship 7  the Lord our God and obey him.” 8 

24:25 That day Joshua drew up an agreement 9  for the people, and he established rules and regulations 10  for them in Shechem.

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[24:21]  1 tn The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is emphatic. Another option is to take it as explanatory, “No, for we will….”

[24:21]  2 tn Or “will serve.”

[24:22]  3 tn Heb “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves the Lord to serve him.”

[24:22]  4 sn Like witnesses in a court of law, Israel’s solemn vow to worship the Lord will testify against them in the divine court if the nation ever violates its commitment.

[24:23]  5 tn The words “Joshua said” are supplied for clarification.

[24:23]  6 tn Heb “bend your heart toward.” The term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) probably here refers to the people’s volition or will.

[24:24]  7 tn Or “will serve.”

[24:24]  8 tn Heb “and listen to his voice.”

[24:25]  9 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

[24:25]  10 tn Heb “a statute and a judgment.”



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