H5647H–עָבַד–a.vad

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your f

וְנַֽעַבְדָה֙ (נַֽעַבְדָה֙) na.'av.Dah “let us serve”

That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge;

וְנַעַבְדָ֛ה (נַעַבְדָ֛ה) na.'av.Dah “let us serve”

By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders;

וַֽיַּעֲבֹד֙ (יַּעֲבֹד֙) i.ya.'a.Vod “he has served”

Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.

לְעָבְדָֽם׃ (עָבְדָֽ) 'a.ve.Da “serve”

And you, and the king whom you have put over you, will the Lord take away to a nation strange to you and to your fathers; there you will be servants to other gods of wood and stone.

וְעָבַ֥דְתָּ (עָבַ֥דְתָּ) 'a.Vad.ta “you will serve”

Because you did not give honour to the Lord your God, worshipping him gladly, with joy in your hearts on account of all your wealth of good things;

עָבַ֙דְתָּ֙ 'a.Vad.ta “you have served”

And the Lord will send you wandering among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other: there you will be servants to other gods, of wood and stone, gods of which you and your fathers had no knowledge.

וְעָבַ֨דְתָּ (עָבַ֨דְתָּ) 'a.Vad.ta “you will serve”

So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;

לַעֲבֹ֔ד (עֲבֹ֔ד) 'a.Vod “serve”

And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them:

וַיַּֽעַבְדוּ֙ (יַּֽעַבְדוּ֙) i.ya.'av.Du “they served”

But if your heart is turned away and your ear is shut, and you go after those who would make you servants and worshippers of other gods:

וַעֲבַדְתָּֽם׃ (עֲבַדְתָּֽ) 'a.vad.Ta “you will serve”

For when I have taken them into the land named in my oath to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, and they have made themselves full of food and are fat, then they will be turned to other gods and will give them worship, no longer honouring

וַעֲבָד֔וּם (עֲבָד֔וּ) 'a.va.Du “they will serve”

Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all

וּלְעָבְד֕וֹ (עָבְד֕) 'a.ve.D “serve”

But to be a witness between us and you, and between the future generations, that we have the right of worshipping the Lord with our burned offerings and our offerings of beasts and our peace-offerings; so that your children will not be able to say to our

לַעֲבֹ֞ד (עֲבֹ֞ד) 'a.Vod “serve”

Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:

תַעַבְד֔וּם (תַעַבְד֔וּ) ta.'av.Du “you must serve”

If the agreement of the Lord your God, which was given to you by his orders, is broken, and you become the servants of other gods and give them worship, then the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and you will quickly be cut off from the good

וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ (עֲבַדְתֶּם֙) 'a.vad.Tem “you will serve”

And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, were living on the other side of the River: and they were worshipping other gods.

וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ (יַּעַבְד֖וּ) i.ya.'av.Du “they served”

So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

וְעִבְד֥וּ (עִבְד֥וּ) 'iv.Du “serve”עָבְד֨וּ 'a.ve.Du “they served”וְעִבְד֖וּ (עִבְד֖וּ) 'iv.Du “serve”

And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my ho

לַעֲבֹ֣ד (עֲבֹ֣ד) 'a.Vod “serve”תַעֲבֹדוּן֒ (תַעֲבֹדוּ) ta.'a.vo.Du “will you serve”עָבְד֣וּ 'a.ve.Du “they served”נַעֲבֹ֖ד na.'a.Vod “we will serve”

Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;

לַעֲבֹ֖ד (עֲבֹ֖ד) 'a.Vod “serve”

And the Lord sent out from before us all the peoples, the Amorites living in the land: so we will be the servants of the Lord, for he is our God.

נַעֲבֹ֣ד na.'a.Vod “we will serve”

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.

לַעֲבֹ֣ד (עֲבֹ֣ד) 'a.Vod “serve”

If you are turned away from the Lord and become the servants of strange gods, then turning against you he will do you evil, cutting you off, after he has done you good.

וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם (עֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם) 'a.vad.Tem “you will serve”

And the people said to Joshua, No! But we will be the servants of the Lord.

נַעֲבֹֽד׃ na.'a.Vod “we will serve”

And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have made the decision to be the servants of the Lord. And they said, We are witnesses.

לַעֲבֹ֣ד (עֲבֹ֣ד) 'a.Vod “serve”

And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.

נַעֲבֹ֔ד na.'a.Vod “we will serve”