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Joshua 24:15-22

15AndifitseemevilH7451untoyoutoserveH5647Jehovah,chooseבַּחֲר֨וּba.cha.RuH977youthisdayהַיּוֹם֮hai.yOmH3117whomyewillserveH5647;whetherthegodsאֱלֹהִ֞ים'E.lo.HimH430whomyourfathersH1thatwereontheotherמֵעֵ֣בֶרme.'e.verH5676sideH5676oftheriverהַנָּהָ֔רha.na.HarH5104servedH5647,orthegodsאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430oftheAmoriteהָאֱמֹרִ֔יha.'e.mo.RiH567,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,heitisthatbroughtH5927usupandourfathersאֲבוֹתֵ֛ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1outofthelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,fromthehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004ofbondage,andwhodidthosegreatהַגְּדֹלוֹת֙ha.ge.do.lOtH1419signsהָאֹת֤וֹתha.'o.TotH226beforeoureyesלְעֵינֵ֗ינוּle.'ei.Nei.nuH5869,andpreservedH8104usinallthewayהַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ha.De.rekhH1870whereinwewentH1980,andamongallthepeoplesH5971throughwhomwepassedH5674!

18AndJehovahdroveH1644outfrombeforeusallthepeoplesH5971,andtheAmoritesH567theinhabitantsH3427ofthelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776:sothereforewewillserveנַעֲבֹ֣דna.'a.VodH5647Jehovah,forheisourGodאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei.nuH430.

19AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091saidH559tothepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, Yecannotserveלַעֲבֹ֣דla.'a.VodH5647Jehovah,forheisaholyקְדֹשִׁ֖יםke.do.ShimH6918Godאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430;heisajealousקַנּ֣וֹאka.No'H7072GodH430;hewillnotforgiveיִשָּׂ֥אyi.Sa'H5375yourtransgressionsלְפִשְׁעֲכֶ֖םle.fish.'a.KhemH6588noryoursinsוּלְחַטֹּאותֵיכֶֽם׃u.le.cha.to.tei.KhemH2403.

20Ifyeforsakeתַֽעַזְבוּ֙ta.'az.VuH5800Jehovah,andserveוַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖םva.'a.vad.TemH5647strangegodsאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430,thenhewillturnוְשָׁ֨בve.ShavH7725anddoyouhurt,andconsumeyou,afterthathehathdoneyougoodהֵיטִ֥יבhei.TivH3190.

21Andthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971saidH559toJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,No;butwewillserveנַעֲבֹֽד׃na.'a.VodH5647Jehovah.

22AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091saidH559untothepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, YearewitnessesH5707againstyourselvesthatyehavechosenH977youJehovah,toserveלַעֲבֹ֣דla.'a.VodH5647him.AndtheysaidH559, [Weare]witnessesH5707.

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