Joshua 24:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the people saith unto Joshua, `No, but Jehovah we do serve.'

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  • Exod 19:8 : 8 and all the people answer together and say, `All that Jehovah hath spoken we do;' and Moses returneth the words of the people unto Jehovah.
  • Exod 20:19 : 19 and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'
  • Exod 24:3 : 3 And Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer -- one voice, and say, `All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.'
  • Exod 24:7 : 7 and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, `All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.'
  • Deut 5:27-28 : 27 Draw near thou, and hear all that which Jehovah our God saith, and thou, thou dost speak unto us all that which Jehovah our God speaketh unto thee, and we have hearkened, and done it. 28 `And Jehovah heareth the voice of your words, in your speaking unto me, and Jehovah saith unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken unto thee; they have done well `in' all that they have spoken.
  • Deut 26:17 : 17 Jehovah thou hast caused to promise to-day to become thy God, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His commands, and His judgments, and to hearken to His voice.
  • Isa 44:5 : 5 This `one' saith, For Jehovah I `am', And this calleth `himself' by the name of Jacob, And this `one' writeth `with' his hand, `For Jehovah,' and by the name of Israel surnameth himself.

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  • Josh 24:22-25
    4 verses
    91%

    22And Joshua saith unto the people, `Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, `Witnesses!')

    23and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which `are' in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.'

    24And the people say unto Joshua, `Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'

    25And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.

  • Josh 24:14-16
    3 verses
    85%

    14`And now, fear ye Jehovah, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Jehovah;

    15and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah -- choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; -- whether the gods whom your fathers served, which `are' beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house -- we serve Jehovah.'

    16And the people answer and say, `Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

  • Josh 24:18-20
    3 verses
    80%

    18and Jehovah casteth out the whole of the peoples, even the Amorite inhabiting the land, from our presence; we also do serve Jehovah, for He `is' our God.'

    19And Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He `is'; a zealous God He `is'; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.

    20When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.'

  • Josh 1:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16And they answer Joshua, saying, `All that thou hast commanded us we do; and unto every `place' whither thou dost send us, we go;

    17according to all that we hearkened unto Moses `in', so we hearken unto thee; surely Jehovah thy God is with thee as He hath been with Moses.

  • Josh 9:22-25
    4 verses
    76%

    22And Joshua calleth for them, and speaketh unto them, saying, `Why have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you, and ye in our midst dwelling?

    23and now, cursed are ye, and none of you is cut off `from being' a servant, even hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.'

    24And they answer Joshua and say, `Because it was certainly declared to thy servants, that Jehovah thy God commanded Moses His servant to give to you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we fear greatly for ourselves because of you, and we do this thing;

    25and now, lo, we `are' in thy hand, as `it is' good, and as `it is' right in thine eyes to do to us -- do.'

  • Judg 2:7
    74%

    7and the people serve Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, who saw all the great work of Jehovah which He did to Israel.

  • Josh 9:8
    74%

    8and they say unto Joshua, `Thy servants we `are'.' And Joshua saith unto them, `Who `are' ye? and whence come ye?'

  • Josh 24:27
    73%

    27And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.'

  • Exod 24:3
    71%

    3And Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer -- one voice, and say, `All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.'

  • Josh 24:31
    71%

    31And Israel serveth Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, and who knew all the work of Jehovah which He did to Israel.

  • Jer 42:13
    71%

    13`And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land -- not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

  • Exod 19:8
    71%

    8and all the people answer together and say, `All that Jehovah hath spoken we do;' and Moses returneth the words of the people unto Jehovah.

  • Josh 7:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7And Joshua saith, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, why hast Thou at all caused this people to pass over the Jordan, to give us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us? -- and oh that we had been willing -- and we dwell beyond the Jordan!

    8Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?

  • Josh 1:10
    71%

    10And Joshua commandeth the authorities of the people, saying,

  • 1 Sam 8:19
    70%

    19And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, `Nay, but a king is over us,

  • Josh 5:14
    70%

    14And He saith, `No, for I `am' Prince of Jehovah's host; now I have come;' and Joshua falleth on his face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith to Him, `What is my Lord speaking unto His servant?'

  • Josh 4:15
    70%

    15And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

  • Josh 24:2
    69%

    2And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old -- Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor -- and they serve other gods;

  • Josh 2:24
    69%

    24and they say unto Joshua, `Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.'

  • Josh 10:25
    69%

    25And Joshua saith unto them, `Fear not, nor be affrighted; be strong and courageous; for thus doth Jehovah do to all your enemies with whom ye are fighting;'

  • Josh 10:8
    69%

    8And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Be not afraid of them, for into thy hand I have given them, there doth not stand a man of them in thy presence.'

  • Josh 3:9
    69%

    9And Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, `Come nigh hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God;

  • Josh 20:1
    69%

    1And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

  • Num 32:31
    69%

    31And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answer, saying, `That which Jehovah hath spoken unto thy servants -- so we do;

  • Josh 22:2
    69%

    2and saith unto them, `Ye -- ye have kept the whole of that which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, and ye hearken to my voice, to all that I have commanded you;

  • 1 Sam 12:20
    69%

    20And Samuel saith unto the people, `Fear not; ye have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Jehovah -- and ye have served Jehovah with all your heart,

  • Josh 22:29
    69%

    29`Far be it from us to rebel against Jehovah, and to turn back to-day from after Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for present, and for sacrifice, apart from the altar of Jehovah our God, which `is' before His tabernacle.'

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    69%

    35and Jehovah maketh with them a covenant, and chargeth them, saying, `Ye do not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them,

  • Exod 24:7
    69%

    7and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, `All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.'

  • Josh 9:27
    69%

    27and Joshua maketh them on that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the company, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, at the place which He doth choose.

  • Josh 9:6
    69%

    6And they go unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, and say unto him, and unto the men of Israel, `From a land far off we have come, and now, make with us a covenant;'

  • Judg 2:21
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    21I also continue not to dispossess any from before them of the nations which Joshua hath left when he dieth,

  • Num 11:28
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    28And Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, `one' of his young men, answereth and saith, `My lord Moses, restrain them.'