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Joshua 24:15-17
New English Translation
Joshua 24:15-17
New English Translation
15 If you have no desire[a] to worship[b] the Lord, then choose today whom you will worship,[c] whether it be the gods whom your ancestors[d] worshiped[e] beyond the Euphrates,[f] or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family[g] will worship[h] the Lord.”
16 The people responded, “Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can[i] worship[j] other gods! 17 For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery[k] in the land of Egypt[l] and performed these awesome miracles[m] before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations.[n]
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- Joshua 24:15 tn Heb “if it is bad in your eyes.”
- Joshua 24:15 tn Or “to serve.”
- Joshua 24:15 tn Or “will serve.”
- Joshua 24:15 tn Heb “your fathers.”
- Joshua 24:15 tn Or “served.”
- Joshua 24:15 tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.
- Joshua 24:15 tn Heb “house.”
- Joshua 24:15 tn Or “will serve.”
- Joshua 24:16 tn Heb “to.”
- Joshua 24:16 tn Or “can serve.”
- Joshua 24:17 tn Heb “of the house of slavery.”
- Joshua 24:17 tn Heb “for the Lord our God, he is the one who brought up us and our fathers from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves.”
- Joshua 24:17 tn Or “great signs.”
- Joshua 24:17 tn Heb “and he guarded us in all the way in which we walked and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.”
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