Joshua 24:19 “But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, fo…”

Joshua 24:19

But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

World English Bible

Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

American Standard Version

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Ioshua saide vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lord: for he is an holie God: he is a ielous God: hee will not pardon your iniquitie nor your sinnes.

Darby Translation

And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

Young's Literal Translation

And Joshua saith unto the people, 'Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He [is]; a zealous God He [is]; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.

Bible in Basic English

And Joshua said to the people, You are not able to be the servants of the Lord, for he is a holy God, a God who will not let his honour be given to another: he will have no mercy on your wrongdoing or your sins.

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Cross references

“Ye cannot”

Joshua 24:23 Ruth 1:15 Matthew 6:24 Luke 14:25–33

Joshua 24:23 · BSB

“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”

Ruth 1:15 · BSB

“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”

Matthew 6:24 · BSB

No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Luke 14:25–33 · BSB

Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,

“holy”

Isaiah 5:16 Psalm 99:5 Psalm 99:9 Leviticus 19:2 1 Samuel 6:20 Isaiah 6:3–5

Isaiah 5:16 · BSB

But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

Psalm 99:5 · BSB

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!

Psalm 99:9 · BSB

Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.

Leviticus 19:2 · BSB

“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

1 Samuel 6:20 · BSB

The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”

Isaiah 6:3–5 · BSB

And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”

“a jealous”

Exodus 20:5 Exodus 34:14 1 Corinthians 10:20–22

Exodus 20:5 · BSB

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Exodus 34:14 · BSB

For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

1 Corinthians 10:20–22 · BSB

No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

“he will not”

Exodus 23:21 1 Samuel 3:14 2 Chronicles 36:16 Exodus 34:7 Isaiah 27:11

Exodus 23:21 · BSB

Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

1 Samuel 3:14 · BSB

Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”

2 Chronicles 36:16 · BSB

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Exodus 34:7 · BSB

maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and gran…

Isaiah 27:11 · BSB

When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

Also

Leviticus 20:26

Leviticus 20:26 · BSB

You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”

20If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”

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