Joshua 24:18-28
English Standard Version
19But Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.
20If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good."
21And the people said to Joshua, "No, but we will serve the Lord."
22Then Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him." And they said, "We are witnesses."
23He said, "Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord, the God of Israel."
24And the people said to Joshua, "The Lord our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey."
25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and put in place statutes and rules for them at Shechem.
26And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone and set it up there under the terebinth that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
27And Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us. Therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God."
28So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
