20. If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
21. And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.
22. And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
23. Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.
24. And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and to his voice will we hearken.
25. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26. And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God and took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.
27. And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest ye deny your God
28. And Joshua dismissed the people, every man to his inheritance.