The bird was happy because it was going to serve the Greek God Apollo.

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So in Joshua 23:7-8: ; "Do not utter the names of their gods or swear by them; do not serve them or bow down to them, but hold fast to the Lord your God as you have done this day."

在《约书亚书》23章7到8节中：,他们的神，你们不可提他的名，不可指着他起誓;,也不可事奉，叩拜，只要照着你们到今日所行的，专靠耶和华你们的神“

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In 24, the Israelites are assembled at Shechem to renew the covenant and Joshua recounts God's mighty deeds on behalf of Israel and exhorts them to choose whom they will serve: Yahweh, who has done all of this for them so undeservedly, or the gods of those whose lands they are settling in.

在24章中，以色列人聚集在示剑重订契约,约书亚代表以色列人重述了上帝无上的契约,并劝告他们选择将要侍奉的神灵：,耶和华，已经为他们做了这么多分外之事，以及他们迁入土地上的神灵。

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