Joshua 23:8

Instead, you must cling to Yahweh your God just as you have done to this day.

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In The King James Version

But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.

In Context

7so you may not mix with these nations that remain among you or mention the names of their gods, swear by them, worship them, or bow down to them.

9For Yahweh has driven out before you large, strong nations. As for you, no one has been able to stand before you to this present day.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:20Like the nations that Yahweh is making to perish before you, so will you perish, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

Deuteronomy 11:22For if you diligently keep all these commandments that I am commanding you, so as to do them, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him,

Deuteronomy 13:5That prophet or that dreamer of dreams will be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and who redeemed you out of the house of bondage. That prophet wants to draw you out of the way in which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk. So put away the evil from among you.

2 Kings 18:6For he held on to Yahweh. He did not stop following him but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 23:2-11

Joshua's Charge to Israel. ( b. c. 1427.) 1 And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought… Read the whole commentary →

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