23|Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.|


In Context

20 If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.|

21 The people said to Joshua, |No; but we will serve Yahweh.|

22 Joshua said to the people, |You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him.| They said, |We are witnesses.|

23 |Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.|

24 The people said to Joshua, |We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.|

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Joshua 24:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:23"Now then," said Joshua, "throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord , the God of Israel."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore put away, [said he,] the strange gods which [are] among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore put away,'said he , the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore, said he, put away strange gods from among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD, the God of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore put away (said he) the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:23Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.