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Joshua 24:21-25

21And the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,Nay; but we will serveנַעֲבֹֽד׃na.'a.VodH5647the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

22And Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto the peopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, Ye arewitnessesעֵדִ֤ים'e.DimH5707against yourselves that ye have chosenבְּחַרְתֶּ֥םbe.char.TemH977you the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,to serveלַעֲבֹ֣דla.'a.VodH5647him. And they saidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, We arewitnessesעֵדִֽים׃'e.DimH5707.

23Now therefore put awayהָסִ֛ירוּha.Si.ruH5493, said he,the strangeהַנֵּכָ֖רha.ne.KharH5236godsאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430which areamongבְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑םbe.kir.be.KhemH7130you, and inclineוְהַטּוּ֙ve.ha.TuH5186your heartלְבַבְכֶ֔םle.vav.KhemH3824unto the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

24And the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971saidוַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,The Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430will we serveנַעֲבֹ֔דna.'a.VodH5647,and his voiceוּבְקוֹל֖וֹu.ve.ko.LoH6963will we obeyנִשְׁמָֽע׃nish.Ma'H8085.

25So Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091madeוַיִּכְרֹ֨תvai.yikh.RotH3772a covenantבְּרִ֛יתbe.RitH1285with the peopleלָעָ֖םla.'AmH5971that dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117,and setוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760them a statuteחֹ֥קchokH2706and an ordinanceוּמִשְׁפָּ֖טu.mish.PatH4941in Shechemבִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bish.KhemH7927.

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