King James Version
Joshua 24:23 in the King James Version says “Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israe...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.”
Joshua 24:23 · KJV
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“said he the strange”
H5236foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which are among”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
“you and incline”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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