Joshua 24:14 · WEB
“"Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.”
— Joshua 24:14
Era
Conquest (~1400 BC)
Emotion
deciding
Type
exhortation
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
Commandcovenant commitmentexclusive worship
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