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Joshua 24:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.” "

Joshua 24:21

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19 Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

20 If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”

21 The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.”

22 Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”

23 “Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel.”

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Joshua 24:1

"Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God."

Joshua 24:2

"Joshua said to all the people, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor. They served other gods."

Joshua 24:3

"I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring, and gave him Isaac."

Joshua 24:4

"I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt."

Joshua 24:5

"“‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out."

Joshua 24:6

"I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea."

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