Joshua 24:16 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 24:16

The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

BSB

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ASV

And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

KJV

And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

God forbid that we should forsake the Lord - That they were now sincere cannot be reasonably doubted, for they served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and the elders that outlived him, Jos 24:31; but afterwards they turned aside, and did serve other gods. “It is ordinary,” says Mr. Trapp, “for the many-headed multitude to turn with the stream - to be of the same religion with their superiors: thus at Rome, in Diocletian’s time, they were pagans; in Constantine’s Christians; in Constantius’s, Arians; in Julian’s apostates, and in Jovinian’s, Christians again!

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֤עַן	vai.Ya.'an	and it answered	H6030 →
הָעָם֙	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
וַיֹּ֔אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and it said	H559 →
חָלִ֣ילָה	cha.Li.lah	far be it	H2486 →
לָּ֔נוּ	La.nu	to <the> us
מֵעֲזֹ֖ב	me.'a.Zo	from forsaking	H5800 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לַעֲבֹ֖ד	la.'a.Vod	to serve	H5647 →
אֱלֹהִ֥ים	'E.lo.Him	gods	H430 →
אֲחֵרִֽים׃	'a.che.Rim	other	H312 →

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

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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
1 Samuel 12:23
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
leads to
- Colossians 1:9
  For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and…
- Romans 1:9
  God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
- 2 Timothy 1:3
  I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10
  Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking from your faith.
Through
Romans 6:2
Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
leads to
- 1 John 3:9
  Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
- Colossians 3:3
  For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- 1 Peter 2:24
  He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Romans 7:4
  Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear…

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Where the connections lead

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Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Joshua