Joshua 24:24

And the people said to Josue: We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his commandments.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

In Context

23Now therefore, said he, put away strange gods from among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel.

25Josue therefore on that day made a covenant, and set before the people commandments and judgments in Sichem.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:8And all the people answered together: All that the Lord hath spoken, we will do. And when Moses had related the people's words to the Lord,

Exodus 24:7And taking the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people: and they said: All things that the Lord hath spoken we will do, we will be obedient.

2 Chronicles 15:14And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet, and sound of comets,

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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