Study it in the app“And now fear YHWH and serve him with integrity and with truth; and put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve YHWH.”
Joshua: choose today whom you will serveObedience
And nowוְעַתָּהfearיְראוּYHWHיְהוָהand serveוְעִבְדוּhimאֹתוֹwith integrityבְּתָמִיםand with truth;וּבֶאֱמֶתand put awayוְהָסִירוּthe godsאֱלֹהִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyour fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםservedעָבְדוּbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe RiverהַנָּהָרEuphratesand in Egypt,וּבְמִצְרַיִםand serveוְעִבְדוּYHWH.יְהוָה
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yeru” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “ivdu” appearsblameless
Without reproach, whole, like Noah.
Where else “tamim” appearstruth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appearsremove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “hasiru” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
13And I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities that you had not built, and you live in them; of vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant you are eating.’
14 · This verse (above)
15And if it is evil in your eyes to serve YHWH, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve, whether the gods that your fathers served that were beyond the River Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land you live. But I and my house will serve YHWH.”
