Joshua 24:21 KJV — MannaFest

Joshua 24:21

And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord.

KJV

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ASV

And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah.

WEB

“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”

YLT

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

DBT

And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.

About this book

Old Testament

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Joshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.

Author: Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
Date: Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period

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Cross-references

12 verses on the floor

Exodus 23:25
And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Psalms 119:57
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.
Exodus 15:25
And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Isaiah 44:5
One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Deuteronomy 5:27–28
Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

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): " Nay, but we will serve the Lord. We will think never the worse of him for his being a holy and jealous God, nor for his confining his servants to worship himself only.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth--After having enumerated so many grounds for national gratitude, Joshua calls on them to declare, in a public and solemn manner, whether they will be faithful and obedient to the God of Israel.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H3091218× in canon H5647288× in canon

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JOS 24:21EXO 19:8 EXO 24:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JOS 24:21EXO 24:3 EXO 19:8
JOS 24:21EXO 19:8 EXO 24:3
JOS 24:21EXO 20:19 DEU 18:16
JOS 24:21EXO 24:3 JOS 24:22
JOS 24:21EXO 19:8 JOS 24:24
JOS 24:21EXO 24:3 DEU 6:1
JOS 24:21EXO 19:8 NEH 10:29

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