24:21 The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will 2 worship 3 the Lord!”
24:24 The people said to Joshua, “We will worship 4 the Lord our God and obey him.” 5
1 tn Heb “And he did to them so and he rescued them from the hand of the sons of Israel and they did not kill them.”
2 tn The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is emphatic. Another option is to take it as explanatory, “No, for we will….”
3 tn Or “will serve.”
4 tn Or “will serve.”
5 tn Heb “and listen to his voice.”