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Joshua 24:21-25

21“Noלֹ֕א כִּ֥יlo' kiH3808 H3588אֶת־'et-H853!”repliedוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559the peopleהָעָ֖ם אֶל־ha.'Am 'el-H5971 H413יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091. “We will serveנַעֲבֹֽד׃na.'a.VodH5647the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068!”

22Then Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ אֶל־ye.ho.Shu.a' 'el-H3091 H413toldוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559themהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, “Youאַתֶּם֙'a.TemH859are witnessesעֵדִ֤ים'e.DimH5707against yourselvesthatכִּֽי־ki-H3588youאַתֶּ֞ם'a.TemH859have chosenבְּחַרְתֶּ֥םbe.char.TemH977אֶת־'et-H853to serveלַעֲבֹ֣דla.'a.VodH5647אוֹת֑וֹ'o.ToH853the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.” “We are witnessesעֵדִֽים׃'e.DimH5707!”they saidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559.

23“Now, thereforeוְעַתָּ֕הve.'a.TahH6258,” he said, “get rid ofהָסִ֛ירוּha.Si.ruH5493אֶת־'et-H853the foreignהַנֵּכָ֖רha.ne.KharH5236godsאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834among youבְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑םbe.kir.be.KhemH7130and inclineוְהַטּוּ֙ve.ha.TuH5186אֶת־'et-H853your heartsלְבַבְכֶ֔םle.vav.KhemH3824toאֶל־'el-H413the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,the Godאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.”

24So the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971saidוַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.RuH559toאֶל־'el-H413Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091אֶת־'et-H853, “We will serveנַעֲבֹ֔דna.'a.VodH5647the LORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430and obeyנִשְׁמָֽע׃nish.Ma'H8085His voiceוּבְקוֹל֖וֹu.ve.ko.LoH6963.”

25On thatהַה֑וּאha.Hu'H1931dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091madeוַיִּכְרֹ֨תvai.yikh.RotH3772a covenantבְּרִ֛יתbe.RitH1285for the peopleלָעָ֖םla.'AmH5971,and there at Shechemבִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bish.KhemH7927he establishedוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760for thema statuteחֹ֥קchokH2706and ordinanceוּמִשְׁפָּ֖טu.mish.PatH4941.

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