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Joshua 23:8

You must continue to follow the Lord your God. You have done this in the past, and you must continue to do it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Company;   Decision;   Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Steadfastness;   Steadfastness-Instability;   The Topic Concordance - Cleaving;   Marriage;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Holman Bible Dictionary - God;   Joshua, the Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Instead, be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been to this day.
Hebrew Names Version
but cleave to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
King James Version
But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Lexham English Bible
But hold fast to Yahweh your God, just as you have done up to this day.
English Standard Version
but you shall cling to the Lord your God just as you have done to this day.
New Century Version
You must continue to follow the Lord your God, as you have done in the past.
New English Translation
But you must be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been to this very day.
Amplified Bible
"But you are to cling to the LORD your God, just as you have done to this day.
New American Standard Bible
"But you are to cling to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But sticke fast vnto the Lord your God, as ye haue done vnto this day.
Legacy Standard Bible
But you are to cling to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
Contemporary English Version
Be as faithful to the Lord as you have always been.
Complete Jewish Bible
but cling to Adonai your God, as you have done to this day.
Darby Translation
but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.
George Lamsa Translation
But cleave to the LORD your God, as you have done even to this day.
Good News Translation
Instead, be faithful to the Lord , as you have been till now.
Literal Translation
But you shall cling to Jehovah your God, as you have done until today.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But cleue vnto the LORDE youre God, as ye haue done vnto this daye:
American Standard Version
but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Bible in Basic English
But be true to the Lord your God as you have been till this day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But sticke fast vnto the Lorde your God, as ye haue done vnto this day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
but cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day;
King James Version (1611)
But cleaue vnto the Lord your God, as yee haue done vnto this day.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But ye shall cleave to the Lord our God, as ye have done until this day.
English Revised Version
but cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Berean Standard Bible
Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But cleue ye to youre Lord God, which thing ye han do `til in to this dai;
Young's Literal Translation
but to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day.
Update Bible Version
but cleave to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
Webster's Bible Translation
But cleave to the LORD your God, as ye have done to this day.
World English Bible
but cleave to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
New King James Version
but you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
New Living Translation
Rather, cling tightly to the Lord your God as you have done until now.
New Life Bible
But hold on to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.
New Revised Standard
but hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, unto Yahweh your God, must ye cleave, - as, ye have done until this day;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But cleave ye unto the Lord your God, as you have done until this day.
Revised Standard Version
but cleave to the LORD your God as you have done to this day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But you are to cling to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord gave Israel peace from their enemies around them. He made Israel safe. Many years passed, and Joshua became very old. 2 At this time Joshua called a meeting of all the older leaders, heads of families, judges, and officers of the Israelites. Joshua said, "I have grown very old. 3 You have seen what the Lord did to our enemies. He did this to help us. The Lord your God fought for you. 4 Remember that I told you that your people could have the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea in the west. I promised to give you that land, but you don't control it yet. I have taken the land away from those nations, but they are still living there. 5 But the Lord your God will force the people living there to leave. You will take that land. The Lord will force them to leave, just as he promised. 6 "You must be careful to obey every command written in the Book of the Law of Moses. Never turn away from that law. 7 There are still some people living among us who are not Israelites. They worship their own gods. Don't become friends with them. Don't serve or worship their gods. 8 You must continue to follow the Lord your God. You have done this in the past, and you must continue to do it. 9 "The Lord helped you defeat many great and powerful nations. He forced them to leave. No nation has been able to defeat you. 10 With his help, one man from Israel could defeat 1000 enemy soldiers, because the Lord your God fights for you, as he promised.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

or, For if ye will cleave, etc. Joshua 22:5, Deuteronomy 4:4, Deuteronomy 10:20, Deuteronomy 11:22, Deuteronomy 13:4, Acts 11:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:24 - cleave Deuteronomy 30:20 - cleave 2 Kings 18:6 - he clave

Cross-References

Genesis 23:1
Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
Genesis 23:2
She died in the city of Kiriath Arba (Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham was very sad and cried for her there.
Genesis 23:3
Then he left his dead wife and went to talk to the Hittites. He said,
Genesis 23:4
"I am only a foreigner staying in your country. I have no place to bury my wife. Please give me some land so that I can bury her."
Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah. This cave is in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar. It was east of Mamre.
1 Kings 2:17
Adonijah said, "I know that King Solomon will do whatever you ask. So please ask him to let me marry Abishag, the woman from Shunem."
Hebrews 7:26
So Jesus is the kind of high priest we need. He is holy. He has no sin in him. He is pure and not influenced by sinners. And he is raised above the heavens.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But cleave unto the Lord your God,.... To his word, worship, and ordinances; externally, by close adherence to them, and strict observation of them; and internally, by strong affection to him, hope, trust, and confidence in him, expectation of all good things from him, and constant application to him for help in all times of need, and a fixed dependence on him:

as ye have done unto this day; that is, since they came into the land of Canaan, and had been under the government of Joshua; for otherwise, while in the wilderness, they frequently revolted from God, and murmured against him; and this is to be understood not of individuals, who doubtless were guilty of various failings and sins, but of the whole body, and with respect to any notorious offence, particularly idolatry, which they had not fallen into since they came into the land of Canaan, and had very lately shown great zeal against it; not only the tribes on this side, but those on the other side Jordan, as the preceding chapter largely relates.


 
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