21. The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord.”
22. Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord yourselves, to serve him.”They said, “We are witnesses.”
23. “Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are amongst you, and incline your heart to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
24. The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
25. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.