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Joshua 24:20-22
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20 If[a] you abandon the Lord and worship[b] foreign gods, he will turn against you;[c] he will bring disaster on you and destroy you,[d] though he once treated you well.”[e]

21 The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will[f] worship[g] the Lord.” 22 Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?”[h] They replied, “We are witnesses!”[i]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:20 tn Or “when.”
  2. Joshua 24:20 tn Or “and serve.”
  3. Joshua 24:20 tn The words “against you” are added for clarification.
  4. Joshua 24:20 tn Heb “bring you to an end.”
  5. Joshua 24:20 tn Heb “after he did good for you.”
  6. Joshua 24:21 tn The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is emphatic. Another option is to take it as explanatory, “No, for we will….”
  7. Joshua 24:21 tn Or “will serve.”
  8. Joshua 24:22 tn Heb “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves the Lord to serve him.”
  9. Joshua 24:22 sn Like witnesses in a court of law, Israel’s solemn vow to worship the Lord will testify against them in the divine court if the nation ever violates its commitment.
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