Joshua 24:19
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.
Context
This verse from Joshua Chapter 24 connects to 10 cross-references. Joshua assembles all Israel at Shechem and presents a historical survey from Abraham through the exodus and conquest, framing it as God's sovereign acts. He challenges the people to choose whom they will serve—gods of Mesopotamia, Canaan, or the Lord—and …
Other Translations
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.
And Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He <FI>is<Fi> ; a zealous God He <FI>is<Fi> ; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.
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.
Cross References
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous …
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name …
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting …
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that …
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I …
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, …
Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord …
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou …
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged …