JOSHUA 24:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.”
Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD — Joshua's first exhortation demands exclusive covenant loyalty. The imperative 'fear the LORD and serve him' (yĕrāʾû...ʿabdû-et-YHWH) echoes foundational covenant themes. 'In sincerity and faithfulness' (bĕtāmîm ubĕʾēmûnâ) describes the quality of service demanded. The prohibition against foreign gods ('put away the gods which your fathers served') demands ritual rejection of ancestral idolatry.
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