Joshua 24:19
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
קָנָא
qânâʼ
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
פֶּשַׁע
peshaʻ
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Key Terms in This Verse
קָנָא qânâʼ
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
Study H7065 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th...
And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is m...
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s c...
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, a...
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