Joshua 24:14

24:14 Now ¹  obey ²  the Lord and worship ³  him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors ⁴  worshiped ⁵  beyond the Euphrates ⁶  and in Egypt and worship ⁷  the Lord.

Joshua 24:20

24:20 If ⁸  you abandon the Lord and worship ⁹  foreign gods, he will turn against you; ¹⁰  he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, ¹¹  though he once treated you well.” ¹² 

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¹ sn Joshua quotes the Lord’s words in vv. 2b-13 (note that the Lord speaks in the first person in these verses); in vv. 14-15 Joshua himself exhorts the people (note the third person references to the Lord).

² tn Heb “fear.”

³ tn Or “and serve.”

⁴ tn Heb “your fathers.”

⁵ tn Or “served.”

⁶ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

⁷ tn Or “and serve.”

⁸ tn Or “when.”

⁹ tn Or “and serve.”

¹⁰ tn The words “against you” are added for clarification.

¹¹ tn Heb “bring you to an end.”

¹² tn Heb “after he did good for you.”