Joshua 24:23
“Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and encline your heart vnto the Lord God of Israel.”
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Joshua 24:23 Context
21And the people said vnto Ioshua, Nay, but we will serue the Lord. 22And Ioshua said vnto the people, Yee are witnesses against your selues, that yee haue chosen you the Lord, to serue him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and encline your heart vnto the Lord God of Israel. 24And the people saide vnto Ioshua; The Lord our God will we serue, and his voice will we obey. 25So Ioshua made a couenant with the people that day, and set them a Statute, & an Ordinance in Shechem.
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Now therefore put away, [said he], the strange gods which [are] among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
- King James Version
"Now therefore, put away the foreign gods which are in your midst, and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now therefore put away, `said he', the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.
- Basic English Bible
Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.
- Darby Bible
Now therefore put away (said he) the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.
- Webster's Bible
Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- World English Bible
and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now therefore put away the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD, the God of Israel.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
"Now therefore, put away the foreign gods which are in your midst, and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now therefore put away, `said he', the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.
- Basic English Bible
Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.
- Darby Bible
Now therefore put away (said he) the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.
- Webster's Bible
Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- World English Bible
and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now therefore put away the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD, the God of Israel.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Joshua 24:23
24:23 Strange gods - Those idols which you either brought out of Egypt, or have taken in Canaan, which some of you keep contrary to God's command, whether for the preciousness of the matter, or rather for some secret inclination to superstition and idolatry.