Joshua 24:24
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And the people said to Joshua: We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his commandments.

Deuteronomy 5:28,29 And when the Lord had heard this, he said to me: I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they spoke to thee: they have spoken all things well. . . .

Context
Choose Whom You will Serve
23Now therefore, said he, put away strange gods from among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel. 24And the people said to Joshua: We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his commandments.25Joshua therefore on that day made a covenant, and set before the people commandments and judgments in Sichem.…
Cross References
Exodus 19:8
And all the people answered together: All that the Lord hath spoken, we will do. And when Moses had related the people's words to the Lord,

Exodus 24:3
So Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice: We will do all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken.

Exodus 24:7
And taking the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people: and they said: All things that the Lord hath spoken, we will do, we will be obedient.

Deuteronomy 5:27
Approach thou rather: and hear all things that the Lord our God shall say to thee, and thou shalt speak to us, and we will hear and will do them.

Jeremiah 42:6
Whether it be good or evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee: that it may be well with us when we shall hearken to the voice of the Lord our God.

Lexicon
So the people
הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

said
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Joshua,
יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites

“We will serve
נַעֲבֹ֔ד (na·‘ă·ḇōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

the LORD
יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

our God
אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and obey
נִשְׁמָֽע׃ (niš·mā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

His voice.”
וּבְקוֹל֖וֹ (ū·ḇə·qō·w·lōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound


Additional Translations
So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken.

And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will hearken to his voice.

And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and to his voice will we hearken.

And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken.

And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

The people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice."

And the people say unto Joshua, 'Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'
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