Joshua 3:9

Modern

So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”

Traditional

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God.

Literal

And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Draw near here and listen to the words of YHWH your God.”

Latin

Dixitque Josue ad filios Israël: Accedite huc, et audite verbum Domini Dei vestri.

Hebrew

English

So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”

Theme notes and profiles

Deuteronomy 4:1
Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 12:8
You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan