Joshua 24:22

And Joshua said unto the people: 'Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve Him. — And they said: 'We are witnesses.' —

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21And the people said unto Joshua: 'Nay; but we will serve the LORD.'

23Now therefore put away the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD, the God of Israel.'

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Cross References

Job 15:6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Psalms 119:173Let Thy hand be ready to help me; for I have chosen Thy precepts.

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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