Joshua 24:24

Joshua 24:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
• New International Version (NIV)And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the people said to Joshua, "The Lord our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the people said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!”

Context of Joshua 24:24

22Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?” They replied, “We are witnesses!” 23Joshua said, “Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the Lord God of Israel.” The people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.” 25That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem. 26Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s shrine.

Joshua 24:24 word by word

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ הָעָ֖ם אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ אֶת־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ נַעֲבֹ֔ד וּבְקוֹל֖וֹ נִשְׁמָֽע׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• will we serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
• and his voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• will we obeyשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085

Cross-references for Joshua 24:24

• Deuteronomy 5:28When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he said to me, “I have heard what these people have said to you – they have spoken well.

Commentaries on Joshua 24:24

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-28Verses 15-28 It is essential that the service of God's people be performed with a willing mind. For LOVE is the only genuine principle whence all acceptable service of God can spring. The Father seeks only such to worship him, as worship him in spirit and in truth. The carnal mind of man is enmity against God, therefore, is not capable of such spiritual worship. Hence the necessity of being born again. But numbers rest in mere forms, as tasks imposed upon…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-24Joshua challenged the Israelites from another perspective to show how serious their commitment needed to be. He wanted to make sure they were not responding only out of excitement in the moment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-2814-28. Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth--After having enumerated so many grounds for national gratitude, Joshua calls on them to declare, in a public and solemn manner, whether they will be faithful and obedient to the God of Israel. He avowed this to be his own unalterable resolution, and urged them, if they were sincere in making a similar avowal, "to put away the strange gods that were among them"--a requirement…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 24:24

• Backsliders
• Covenant
• Decision
• Government
• Obedience
• Shechem

In the dictionaries

• God
• Joshua
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Serve
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Color; Colors
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Joshua, Book of
• Shechem
• covenant

Commentaries on Joshua 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings