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Joshua 24:16-18

16And the peopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971answeredוַיַּ֤עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,God forbidחָלִ֣ילָהcha.Li.lahH2486that we should forsakeמֵעֲזֹ֖בme.'a.ZoH5800Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,to serveלַעֲבֹ֖דla.'a.VodH5647otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430;

17For Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.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 Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.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.VodH5647Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; for he isour Godאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei.nuH430.

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