Joshua 24:14–28

¹⁴ⁱNow therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in ^jsincerity and in truth: and ^kput away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and ^lin Egypt; and serve ye the Lord. ¹⁵And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, ^mchoose you this day whom ye will serve; whether ⁿthe gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or ^othe gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: ^pbut as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

¹⁶And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods; ¹⁷For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of ^qbondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: ¹⁸And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the Lord; for he is our God. ¹⁹And Joshua said unto the people, ^rYe cannot serve the Lord: for he is an ^sholy God; he is ^ta jealous God; ^uhe will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. ^20wIf ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, ^xthen he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. ²¹And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord. ²²And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ^yye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. ²³Now therefore ^zput away, ^asaid he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel. ²⁴And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. ²⁵So Joshua ^bmade a covenant with the people that day, and set them ^ca statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

²⁶And Joshua ^dwrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took ^ea great stone, and set it up there ^funder an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. ²⁷And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be ^ga witness unto us; for ^hit hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye ⁱdeny your God.

^28jSo Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.