Joshua 24:15

24:15 If you have no desire ¹  to worship ²  the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, ³  whether it be the gods whom your ancestors ⁴  worshiped ⁵  beyond the Euphrates, ⁶  or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family ⁷  will worship ⁸  the Lord!”

Joshua 24:18

24:18 The Lord drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship ⁹  the Lord, for he is our God!”

Joshua 24:21

24:21 The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will ¹⁰  worship ¹¹  the Lord!”

Joshua 24:24-27

24:24 The people said to Joshua, “We will worship ¹²  the Lord our God and obey him.” ¹³ 

24:25 That day Joshua drew up an agreement ¹⁴  for the people, and he established rules and regulations ¹⁵  for them in Shechem. 24:26 Joshua 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. 24:27 Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. ¹⁶  It will be a witness against you if ¹⁷  you deny your God.”

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¹ tn Heb “if it is bad in your eyes.”

² tn Or “to serve.”

³ tn Or “will 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 Heb “house.”

⁸ tn Or “will serve.”

⁹ tn Or “will serve.”

¹⁰ tn The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is emphatic. Another option is to take it as explanatory, “No, for we will….”

¹¹ tn Or “will serve.”

¹² tn Or “will serve.”

¹³ tn Heb “and listen to his voice.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “a statute and a judgment.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “all the words of the Lord which he spoke with us.”

¹⁷ tn Or “lest,” “so that you might not.”