Joshua 24:24

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

Revised Version 1895

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 put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD, the God of Israel.

25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

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Cross References

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

Exodus 24:7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and be obedient.

2 Chronicles 15:14And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice; and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

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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