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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Joshua 24:24

So the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Covenant;   Decision;   Government;   Obedience;   Shechem;   Thompson Chain Reference - Covenant;   Covenants and Vows;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Obedience to God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Shechem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pillars;   Shechem (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Ebal;   Joshua;   Joshua, the Book of;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Shechem;   Smith Bible Dictionary - She'chem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua (2);   Joshua, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shechem;   Teraphim;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.”
Hebrew Names Version
The people said to Yehoshua, the LORD our God will we serve, and to his voice will we listen.
King James Version
And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
Lexham English Bible
And the people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice."
English Standard Version
And the people said to Joshua, "The Lord our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey."
New Century Version
Then the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God, and we will obey him."
New English Translation
The people said to Joshua, "We will worship the Lord our God and obey him."
Amplified Bible
The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and we will listen to and obey His voice."
New American Standard Bible
And the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ye people saide vnto Ioshua, The Lord our God wil we serue, & his voyce wil we obey.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to His voice."
Contemporary English Version
The people said, "The Lord is our God, and we will worship and obey only him."
Complete Jewish Bible
The people answered Y'hoshua, "We will serve Adonai our God; we will pay attention to what he says."
Darby Translation
And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and to his voice will we hearken.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey him."
George Lamsa Translation
And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
Good News Translation
The people then said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey his commands."
Literal Translation
And the people said to Joshua, We will serve Jehovah our God, and we will listen to His voice.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the people sayde vnto Iosua: We wyll serue the LORDE oure God, and be obedient vnto his voyce.
American Standard Version
And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken.
Bible in Basic English
And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The people sayde vnto Iosuah: The Lorde our God will we serue, and his voyce will we obey.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the people said unto Joshua: 'The LORD our God will we serve, and unto His voice will we hearken.'
King James Version (1611)
And the people saide vnto Ioshua; The Lord our God will we serue, and his voice will we obey.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will hearken to his voice.
English Revised Version
And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the puple seide to Josue, We schulen serue `oure Lord God, and we schulen be obedient to hise heestis.
Young's Literal Translation
And the people say unto Joshua, `Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'
Update Bible Version
And the people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God we will serve, and to his voice we will listen.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
World English Bible
The people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God will we serve, and to his voice will we listen.
New King James Version
And the people said to Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!"
New Living Translation
The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey him alone."
New Life Bible
The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey His voice."
New Revised Standard
The people said to Joshua, "The Lord our God we will serve, and him we will obey."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the people said unto Joshua, - Yahweh our God, will we serve, and, unto his voice, will we hearken.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people said to Josue: We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his commandments.
Revised Standard Version
And the people said to Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey."
THE MESSAGE
The people answered Joshua, "We will worship God . What he says, we'll do."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and we will obey His voice."

Contextual Overview

15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!" 16The people replied, "Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods! 17For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. 18And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!" 19But Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins. 20If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you." 21"No!" replied the people. "We will serve the LORD!" 22Then Joshua told them, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD." "We are witnesses!" they said. 23"Now, therefore," he said, "get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel." 24So the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 5:28, Deuteronomy 5:29

Reciprocal: Exodus 19:5 - if ye Exodus 19:8 - General Exodus 23:25 - And ye Judges 2:17 - which their 1 Kings 18:21 - if the Lord 2 Kings 23:3 - And all Psalms 119:57 - I have 2 Peter 1:15 - I will

Cross-References

Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 22:20
Some time later Abraham was told, "Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
Genesis 22:23
And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham's brother Nahor.
Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people said unto Joshua,.... A third time, that as by the mouth of two or three witnesses everything is confirmed, so by three testimonies of the same persons:

the Lord our God will we serve; as they had before declared, and to which they add:

and his voice will we obey; or his word, as the Targum, not only his word of command, but his essential Word, the Son of God.


 
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