New American Standard Bible 2020

Joshua 24:21-25

21And the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091, “Noלֹ֕אlo'H3808,but we will serveנַעֲבֹֽד׃na.'a.VodH5647the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.”

22So Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to the peopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, “You are witnessesעֵדִ֤ים'e.DimH5707against yourselves thatyou have chosenבְּחַרְתֶּ֥םbe.char.TemH977for yourselves the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,to serveלַעֲבֹ֣דla.'a.VodH5647Him.” And they saidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “We arewitnessesעֵדִֽים׃'e.DimH5707.”

23“Nowוְעַתָּ֕הve.'a.TahH6258then, doH5493awayH5493with the foreignהַנֵּכָ֖רha.ne.KharH5236godsאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834are in your midstבְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑םbe.kir.be.KhemH7130, andinclineוְהַטּוּ֙ve.ha.TuH5186your heartsלְבַבְכֶ֔םle.vav.KhemH3824to the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,the Godאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.”

24Andthe peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971saidוַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091, “We will serveנַעֲבֹ֔דna.'a.VodH5647the Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430andobeyנִשְׁמָֽע׃nish.Ma'H8085His voiceוּבְקוֹל֖וֹu.ve.ko.LoH6963.”

25So Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091madeוַיִּכְרֹ֨תvai.yikh.RotH3772a covenantבְּרִ֛יתbe.RitH1285with the peopleלָעָ֖םla.'AmH5971that dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117,and madeוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760for them a statuteחֹ֥קchokH2706and an ordinanceוּמִשְׁפָּ֖טu.mish.PatH4941in Shechemבִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bish.KhemH7927.

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