Joshua 24:14~28
¹⁴"'Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. ¹⁵But if serving the LORDseems undesirable to you, then choose foryourselves this day whom you will serve, whetherthe gods your forefathers served beyond the River,or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you areliving. But as for me and my household, we willserve the LORD." ¹⁶Then the people answered, "Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods! ¹⁷It was the LORD our Godhimself who brought us and our fathers up out ofEgypt, from that land of slavery, and performedthose great signs before our eyes. He protected uson our entire journey and among all the nationsthrough which we traveled. ¹⁸And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because he is our God." ¹⁹Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins. ²⁰If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you and make an end of you, after he has been good to you." ²¹But the people said to Joshua, "No! We will serve the LORD." ²²Then Joshua said, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD." "Yes, we are witnesses," they replied. ²³"Now then," said Joshua, "throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel." ²⁴And the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey him." ²⁵On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he drew up for them decrees and laws. ²⁶And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the LORD. ²⁷"See!" he said to all the people. "This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God." ²⁸Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.