Joshua 23:8
But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.
‖But cleaue vnto the LORD your God, as yee haue done vnto this day.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, for if you will cleaue, &c.
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- Deuteronomy 10:20Rank 1 from verse 8
- Joshua 22:5Rank 2 from verse 8
5But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
5But take diligent heed, to doe the Commandement and the Law, which Moses the seruant of the LORD charged you, *to loue the LORD your God, and to walke in all his wayes, and to keepe his Commaundements, and to cleaue vnto him, and to serue him with all your heart, and with all your soule.
- Acts 11:23Rank 3 from verse 8
- Deuteronomy 11:22Rank 4 from verse 8
22¶ For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
22¶ For if ye shall diligently keepe all these Commaundements which I command you, to doe them, to loue the LORD your God, to walke in all his wayes, and to cleaue vnto him:
- Deuteronomy 13:4Rank 5 from verse 8
- Deuteronomy 4:4Rank 6 from verse 8
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Joshua 23:8
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To split or divide. Sense 2: To cling closely or remain joined.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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The one true God.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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7That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
7That yee come not among these nations, these that remaine amongst you, neither *make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to sweare by them, neither serue them, nor bow your selues vnto them.
8But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.
8‖But cleaue vnto the LORD your God, as yee haue done vnto this day.
Selected passage9For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
9‖For the LORD hath driuen out from before you, great nations, and strong: But as for you, no man hath beene able to stand before you vnto this day.