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Joshua 24:15-22

15AndifitseemevilH7451untoyoutoserveH5647Jehovah,chooseבַּחֲר֨וּba.cha.RuH977youthisdayהַיּוֹם֮hai.yOmH3117whomyewillserveH5647;whetherthegodsאֱלֹהִ֞ים'E.lo.HimH430whichyourfathersH1servedH5647thatwerebeyondtheRiverהַנָּהָ֔רha.na.HarH5104,orthegodsאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430oftheAmoritesH567,inwhoselandבְּאַרְצָ֑םbe.'ar.TzamH776yedwellיֹשְׁבִ֣יםyo.she.VimH3427:butasformeandmyhouseH1004,wewillserveH5647Jehovah.

16Andthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971answeredandsaidH559,Farחָלִ֣ילָהcha.Li.lahH2486beitfromusthatweshouldforsakeH5800Jehovah,toserveלַעֲבֹ֖דla.'a.VodH5647otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430;

17forJehovahourGodאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,heitisthatbroughtH5927usandourfathersאֲבוֹתֵ֛ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1upoutofthelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,fromthehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004ofbondage,andthatdidthosegreatהַגְּדֹלוֹת֙ha.ge.do.lOtH1419signsהָאֹת֤וֹתha.'o.TotH226inoursight,andpreservedH8104usinallthewayהַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ha.De.rekhH1870whereinwewentH1980,andamongallthepeoplesH5971throughthemidstבְּקִרְבָּֽם׃be.kir.BamH7130ofwhomwepassedH5674;

18andJehovahdroveH1644outfrombeforeusallthepeoplesH5971,eventheAmoritesH567thatdweltיֹשֵׁ֥בyo.ShevH3427inthelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776:thereforewealsoגַּם־gam-H1571willserveנַעֲבֹ֣דna.'a.VodH5647Jehovah;forheisourGodאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei.nuH430.

19AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091saidH559untothepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, Yecannotserveלַעֲבֹ֣דla.'a.VodH5647Jehovah;forheisaholyקְדֹשִׁ֖יםke.do.ShimH6918Godאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430;heisajealousקַנּ֣וֹאka.No'H7072GodH430;hewillnotforgiveיִשָּׂ֥אyi.Sa'H5375yourtransgressionלְפִשְׁעֲכֶ֖םle.fish.'a.KhemH6588noryoursinsוּלְחַטֹּאותֵיכֶֽם׃u.le.cha.to.tei.KhemH2403.

20Ifyeforsakeתַֽעַזְבוּ֙ta.'az.VuH5800Jehovah,andserveוַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖םva.'a.vad.TemH5647foreigngodsאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430,thenhewillturnוְשָׁ֨בve.ShavH7725anddoyouevilH7489,andconsumeyou,afterthathehathdoneyougoodהֵיטִ֥יבhei.TivH3190.

21Andthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971saidH559untoJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091, Nay;butwewillserveנַעֲבֹֽד׃na.'a.VodH5647Jehovah.

22AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091saidH559untothepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, YearewitnessesH5707againstyourselvesthatyehavechosenH977youJehovah,toserveלַעֲבֹ֣דla.'a.VodH5647him.AndtheysaidH559,WearewitnessesH5707.

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