YuēShūyàjì 24:22

22 Yuēshūyà duì bǎixìng shuō , nǐmen xuǎn déng Yēhéhuá , yào shìfèng tā , nǐmen zìjǐ zuò jiànzhèng ba . tāmen shuō , wǒmen yuànyì zuò jiànzhèng .

YuēShūyàjì 24:22 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 24:22

And Joshua said unto the people
In reply to their answer and resolution:

ye [are] witnesses against yourselves, that ye have chosen you the
Lord God to serve him;
that is, should they, after this choice of him, which they had so publicly declared, desert his service, and go into idolatry, their testimony would rise up against them, and they would, be self-condemned:

and they said, [we are] witnesses;
should we ever apostatize from the Lord and his worship, we are content to have this our witness produced against us.

YuēShūyàjì 24:22 In-Context

20 Nǐmen ruò lí qì Yēhéhuá qù shìfèng waì bāng shén , Yēhéhuá zaì jiàng fú zhī hòu , bì zhuǎn ér jiàng huò yǔ nǐmen , bǎ nǐmen mièjué .

21 Bǎixìng huídá Yuēshūyà shuō , bù rán , wǒmen déng yào shìfèng Yēhéhuá .

22 Yuēshūyà duì bǎixìng shuō , nǐmen xuǎn déng Yēhéhuá , yào shìfèng tā , nǐmen zìjǐ zuò jiànzhèng ba . tāmen shuō , wǒmen yuànyì zuò jiànzhèng .

23 Yuēshūyà shuō , nǐmen xiànzaì yào chúdiào nǐmen zhōngjiān de waì bāng shén , zhuān xīn guī xiàng Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén .

24 Bǎixìng huídá Yuēshūyà shuō , wǒmen bì shìfèng Yēhéhuá wǒmen de shén , tīng cóng tāde huà .