Study it in the app“And 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.””
Joshua: choose today whom you will serveObedience
And ifוְאִםit is evilרַעin your eyesבְּעֵינֵיכֶםto serveלַעֲבֹדYHWH,יְהוָהchooseבַּחֲרוּfor yourselvesלָכֶםtodayהַיּוֹםwhomמִיyou will serve,תַעֲבֹדוּןwhetherאִםthe godsאֱלֹהִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyour fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםservedעָבְדוּthatאֲשֶׁרwerebeyondמֵעֵבֶרthe RiverהַנָּהָרEuphrates,orוְאִםthe godsאֱלֹהֵיof the Amorite,הָאֱמֹרִיin whoseאֲשֶׁר בְּlandאַרְצָםyouאַתֶּםlive.יֹשְׁבִיםBut Iוְאָנֹכִיand my houseוּבֵיתִיwill serveנַעֲבֹדYHWH.”יְהוָה
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avod” 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” appearschoose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “bacharu” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” 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” appearsAmorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “veti” appears14And 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.
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16And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us to abandon YHWH to serve other gods!
