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OET (OET-LV) If/because (if) in/on/at/with_LORD god_your_all’s you_all_will_cling just_as you_all_have_done until the_day the_this.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בַּיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם תִּדְבָּ֑קוּ
in/on/at/with,LORD God,your_all's hold_fast
Joshua is speaking as if the Israelites could physically cling to Yahweh. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “If not to Yahweh your God you shall be loyal”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions
בַּיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם תִּדְבָּ֑קוּ
in/on/at/with,LORD God,your_all's hold_fast
Joshua is saying that the Israelites should not be devoted to any God if they are not devoted to Yahweh. If it would appear in your language that he was making a statement and then contradicting it, you could reword this as a positive statement. Alternate translation: “You shall cling only to Yahweh your God” or “You shall be loyal only to Yahweh your God”
23:8 To cling tightly or passionately to God would render impotent the temptation to stray off toward other gods. This same verb described a man clinging to his wife (Gen 2:24) and Ruth clinging to Naomi (Ruth 1:14).
OET (OET-LV) If/because (if) in/on/at/with_LORD god_your_all’s you_all_will_cling just_as you_all_have_done until the_day the_this.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.