Joshua 24:21

And the people said to Joshua, No, but we will serve LORD.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.

In Context

20If ye forsake LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.

22And Joshua said to the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen for you, LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:8And all the people answered together, and said, All that LORD has spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people to LORD.

Exodus 24:3And Moses came and told the people all the words of LORD, and all the ordinances. And all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which LORD has spoken will we do.

Deuteronomy 5:27Go thou near, and hear all that LORD our God shall say. And speak thou to us all that LORD our God shall speak to thee, and we will hear it, and do it.

Isaiah 44:5One shall say, I am LORD's, and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob, and another shall subscribe with his hand to LORD, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:16-29

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord . 16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord , to serve other gods; 17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which… Read the whole commentary →

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