Discovery BoxJoshua 23:7 
Context23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near 1 you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! 2 You must not worship 3 or bow down to them!
Joshua 24:17-18
Context24:17 For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery 4 in the land of Egypt 5 and performed these awesome miracles 6 before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations. 7 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 8 the Lord, for he is our God!”
1 tn Heb “with.”
2 tn Heb “and in the name of their gods you must not invoke and you must not make solemn declarations.” The words “and you must not make solemn declarations” are omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition to elucidate the immediately preceding command. The Hiphil of שָׁבַע (shava’) without an object occurs only here and in Josh 6:26.
3 tn Or “serve.”
4 tn Heb “of the house of slavery.”
5 tn Heb “for the
6 tn Or “great signs.”
7 tn Heb “and he guarded us in all the way in which we walked and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.”
8 tn Or “will serve.”
