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

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

23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.

24 And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

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 an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.

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21 But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the Lord.”

22 Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses(A) against yourselves that you have chosen(B) to serve the Lord.”

“Yes, we are witnesses,(C)” they replied.

23 “Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods(D) that are among you and yield your hearts(E) to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”(F)

25 On that day Joshua made a covenant(G) for the people, and there at Shechem(H) he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws.(I) 26 And Joshua recorded(J) these things in the Book of the Law of God.(K) Then he took a large stone(L) and set it up there under the oak(M) near the holy place of the Lord.

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