KJVAnd the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
And the people answer and say, `Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve othergods;
Joshua — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. And Joshua gathered all the tribes, etc He now, in my opinion, explains more fully what he before related more briefly. For it would not have been suitable to bring out the people twice to a strange place for the same cause. Therefore by the repetition the course of…