Joshua 23:8
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But cleave ye unto the Lord your God, as you have done until this day.

Joshua 23:7
Lest after that you are come in among the Gentiles, who will remain among you, you should swear by the name of their gods, and serve them, and adore them:

Joshua 23:9
And then the Lord God will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong, and no man shall be able to resist you.

2 Kings 18:6
And he stuck to the Lord, and departed not from his steps, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.

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But cleave ye unto the Lord your God, as you have done until this day.

or, For if ye will cleave, etc.

Joshua 22:5 Yet so that you observe attentively, and in work fulfil the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you: that you love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, and keep all his commandments, and cleave to him, and serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 4:4 But you that adhere to the Lord your God, are all alive until this present day.

Deuteronomy 10:20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him only: to him thou shalt adhere, and shalt swear by his name.

Deuteronomy 11:22 For if you keep the commandments which I command you, and do them, to love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, cleaving unto him,

Deuteronomy 13:4 Follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and hear his voice: him you shall serve, and to him you shall cleave.

Acts 11:23 Who, when he was come and had seen the grace of God, rejoiced. And he exhorted them all with purpose of heart to continue in the Lord.

Context
Joshua's Charge to Leaders
7Lest after that you are come in among the Gentiles, who will remain among you, you should swear by the name of their gods, and serve them, and adore them: 8But cleave ye unto the Lord your God, as you have done until this day.9And then the Lord God will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong, and no man shall be able to resist you.…
Lexicon
Instead,
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you shall hold fast
תִּדְבָּ֑קוּ (tiḏ·bā·qū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit

to the LORD
בַּיהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God,
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you have done
עֲשִׂיתֶ֔ם (‘ă·śî·ṯem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

to
עַ֖ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

this
הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

day.
הַיּ֥וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day


Additional Translations
Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.But hold to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.

But ye shall cleave to the Lord our God, as ye have done until this day.

but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.

but cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.

But cleave to the LORD your God, as ye have done to this day.

but hold fast to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.

but to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day.
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