13 I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and (A)cities which you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat of the vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.’

14 (B)“Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in (C)sincerity and in truth, and (D)put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of [a]the River and (E)in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, (F)choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether (G)the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of [b]the River, or (H)the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. (I)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:14 The Euphrates
  2. Joshua 24:15 The Euphrates

13 So I gave you a land(A) on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’(B)

14 “Now fear the Lord(C) and serve him with all faithfulness.(D) Throw away the gods(E) your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt,(F) and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites,(G) in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household,(H) we will serve the Lord.”(I)

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