Joshua 24:24

24 Then the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God, and we will obey him."

Joshua 24:24 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 24:24

And the people said unto Joshua
A third time, that as by the mouth of two or three witnesses everything is confirmed, so by three testimonies of the same persons:

the Lord our God will we serve;
as they had before declared, and to which they add:

and his voice will we obey;
or his word, as the Targum, not only his word of command, but his essential Word, the Son of God.

Joshua 24:24 In-Context

22 Then Joshua said, "You are your own witnesses that you have chosen to serve the Lord." The people said, "Yes, we are."

23 Then Joshua said, "Now throw away the gods that you have. Love the Lord, the God of Israel, with all your heart."

24 Then the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God, and we will obey him."

25 On that day at Shechem Joshua made an agreement for the people. He made rules and laws for them to follow.

26 Joshua wrote these things in the Book of the Teachings of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up under the oak tree near the Lord's Holy Tent.