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21 “No,” the people replied to Joshua. “We will serve the Lord.”

22 Joshua responded, “You are giving testimony against yourselves, that you have chosen to serve the Lord.”

They replied, “We are witnesses!”

23 Joshua said,[a] “Therefore abandon the foreign gods that are among you, and turn your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:23 The Heb. lacks Joshua said

21 But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the Lord.”

22 Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses(A) against yourselves that you have chosen(B) to serve the Lord.”

“Yes, we are witnesses,(C)” they replied.

23 “Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods(D) that are among you and yield your hearts(E) to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

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