Joshua 24:14 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 24:14

Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

BSB

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ASV

Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve ye Jehovah.

KJV

Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Fear the Lord - Reverence him as the sole object of your religious worship. Serve him - Perform his will by obeying his commands. In sincerity - Having your whole heart engaged in his worship. And in truth - According to the directions he has given you in his infallible word. Put away the gods, etc. - From this exhortation of Joshua we learn of what sort the gods were, to the worship of whom these Israelites were still attached.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֞ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
יְר֧אוּ	ye.R.'u	fear	H3372 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְעִבְד֥וּ	ve.'iv.Du	and serve	H5647 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
בְּתָמִ֣ים	be.ta.Mim	in integrity	H8549 →
וּבֶֽאֱמֶ֑ת	u.ve.'e.Met	and in faithfulness	H571 →
וְהָסִ֣ירוּ	ve.ha.Si.ru	and remove	H5493 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֱלֹהִ֗ים	'E.lo.Him	[the] gods	H430 →
אֲשֶׁר֩	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עָבְד֨וּ	'a.ve.Du	they served	H5647 →
אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֜ם	'a.vo.tei.Khem	ancestors your	H1 →
בְּעֵ֤בֶר	be.'E.ver	on [the] other side of	H5676 →
הַנָּהָר֙	ha.na.Har	the river	H5104 →
וּבְמִצְרַ֔יִם	u.ve.mitz.Ra.yim	and in Egypt	H4714 →
וְעִבְד֖וּ	ve.'iv.Du	and serve	H5647 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your…
leads to
- Micah 6:8
  He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Deuteronomy 6:5
  And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
- Luke 10:27
  He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Deuteronomy 5:33
  You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
- Deuteronomy 11:13
  So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Through
1 Samuel 12:24
Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:21
  He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
- Proverbs 1:7
  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Isaiah 5:12
  At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.