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Joshua 24:15-18

15And if it seem evilרַ֨עra'H7489unto youמִ֣יmiH4310to serveלַעֲבֹ֣דla.'a.VodH5647the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,chooseבַּחֲר֨וּba.cha.RuH977you this dayהַיּוֹם֮hai.yOmH3117whomבְּֽעֵינֵיכֶ֜םbe.'ei.nei.KhemH5869ye will serveתַעֲבֹדוּן֒ta.'a.vo.DunH5647;whether the godsאֱלֹהִ֞ים'E.lo.HimH430which your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם'a.vo.tei.KhemH1servedעָבְד֣וּ'a.ve.DuH5647that wereon the other sideמֵעֵ֣בֶרme.'e.verH5676of the floodהַנָּהָ֔רha.na.HarH5104,or the godsאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of the Amoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֔יha.'e.mo.RiH567,in whose landבְּאַרְצָ֑םbe.'ar.TzamH776ye dwellיֹשְׁבִ֣יםyo.she.VimH3427:but as for me and my houseוּבֵיתִ֔יu.vei.TiH1004,we will serveנַעֲבֹ֖דna.'a.VodH5647the Lordיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

16And the peopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971answeredוַיַּ֤עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,God forbidחָלִ֣ילָהcha.Li.lahH2486that we should forsakeמֵעֲזֹ֖בme.'a.ZoH5800the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,to serveלַעֲבֹ֖דla.'a.VodH5647otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430;

17For the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430, he it isthat brought us upהַמַּעֲלֶ֨הha.ma.'a.LehH5927and our fathersאֲבוֹתֵ֛ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1out of the landמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,from the houseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004of bondageעֲבָדִ֑ים'a.va.DimH5650,and which didעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213those greatהַגְּדֹלוֹת֙ha.ge.do.lOtH1419signsהָאֹת֤וֹתha.'o.TotH226in our sightלְעֵינֵ֗ינוּle.'ei.Nei.nuH5869,and preservedוַֽיִּשְׁמְרֵ֗נוּvai.yish.me.Re.nuH8104us in all the wayהַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ha.De.rekhH1870wherein we wentהָלַ֣כְנוּha.Lakh.nuH1980,and among all the peopleהָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971throughבְּקִרְבָּֽם׃be.kir.BamH7130whom we passedעָבַ֖רְנוּ'a.Var.nuH5674:

18And the Lordיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068drave outוַיְגָ֨רֶשׁvay.Ga.reshH1644from beforeמִפָּנֵ֑ינוּmi.pa.Nei.nuH6440us all the peopleהָעַמִּ֗יםha.'a.MimH5971,even the Amoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֛יha.'e.mo.RiH567which dweltיֹשֵׁ֥בyo.ShevH3427in the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776: thereforewill we also serveנַעֲבֹ֣דna.'a.VodH5647the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; for he isour Godאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei.nuH430.

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