Joshua:24:1-27

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* And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem , and called for the elders of Israel , and for their heads , and for their judges , and for their officers ; and they presented themselves before God . * And Joshua said unto all the people , Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel : Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river , Terah , the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor , and they served other gods . * And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river , and led him throughout the land of Canaan , and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac . * And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau ; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir , to possess it ; and Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt . * And I sent Moses and Aaron , and I plagued Egypt , according to that which I did among them ; and afterwards I brought you out . * And I brought your fathers out of Egypt , and ye came unto the sea ; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea . * Then they cried to Jehovah , and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians , and brought the sea upon them , and covered them ; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt ; and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long time . * And I brought you into the land of the Amorites , who dwelt beyond the Jordan , and they fought with you , and I gave them into your hand , and ye took possession of their land , and I destroyed them from before you . * And Balak the son of Zippor , king of Moab , arose and warred against Israel , and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you ; * but I would not hearken unto Balaam , and he blessed you expressly , and I delivered you out of his hand . * And ye went over the Jordan , and came unto Jericho , and the men of Jericho fought against you , the Amorites , and the Perizzites , and the Canaanites , and the Hittites , and the Girgashites , the Hivites , and the Jebusites ; and I delivered them into your hand . * And I sent the hornet before you , which drove them out from before you , [as ] the two kings of the Amorites ; not with thy sword , nor with thy bow . * And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour , and cities which ye built not , and ye dwell in them ; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat . * And now fear Jehovah and serve him in perfectness and in truth ; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river , and in Egypt ; and serve Jehovah . * And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah , choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served , or the gods of the Amorite , in whose land ye dwell ; but as for me and my house , we will serve Jehovah . * And the people answered and said , Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah , to serve other gods ; * for Jehovah our God , he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt , from the house of bondage , and who did those great signs before our eyes , and preserved us in all the way wherein we went , and among all the peoples through whom we passed ! * And Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples , and the Amorites the inhabitants of the land : so therefore we will serve Jehovah , for he is our God . * And Joshua said to the people , Ye cannot serve Jehovah , for he is a holy God ; he is a jealous �God ; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins . * 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 . * And the people said to Joshua , No ; but we will serve Jehovah . * 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 . * Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you , and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel . * And the people said unto Joshua , Jehovah our God will we serve , and to his voice will we hearken . * So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day , and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem . * 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 . * 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 .

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