Joshua 24:13-27

¹³And he gave you a land on which ye did not labor, and cities which ye did not build, and ye were settled in them; and ye eat of vineyards and olive yards which ye did not plant.

¹⁴And now fear the Lord, and serve him in righteousness and justice; and remove the strange gods, which our fathers served beyond the river, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord.

¹⁵But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom ye dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.

¹⁶And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods.

¹⁷The Lord our God, he is God; he brought up us and our fathers from Egypt, and kept us in all the way wherein we walked, and among all the nations through whom we passed.

¹⁸And the Lord cast out the Amorite, and all the nations that inhabited the land from before us: yea, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.

¹⁹And Joshua said to the people, Indeed ye will not be able to serve the Lord, for God is holy; and he being jealous will not forgive your sins and your transgressions.

²⁰Whensoever ye shall forsake the Lord and serve other gods, then he shall come upon you and afflict you, and consume you, because he has done you good.

²¹And the people said to Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the Lord.

²²And Joshua said to the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves, that ye have chosen the Lord to serve him.

²³And now take away the strange gods that are among you, and set your heart right toward the Lord God of Israel.

²⁴And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will hearken to his voice.

²⁵So Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and gave them a law and an ordinance in Shiloh before the tabernacle of the God of Israel.

²⁶And he wrote these words in the book of the laws of God: and Joshua took a great stone, and set it up under the oak before the Lord.

²⁷And Joshua said to the people, Behold, this stone shall be among you for a witness, for it has heard all the words that have been spoken to it by the Lord; for he has spoken to you this day; and this stone shall be among you for a witness in the last days, whenever ye shall deal falsely with the Lord my God.