Joshua 24:22

And Joshua said to the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves, that ye have chosen the Lord to serve him.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 to Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the Lord.

23And now take away the strange gods that are among you, and set your heart right toward the Lord God of Israel.

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Cross References

Job 15:6Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: 1 And thy lips shall testify against thee. 1

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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