18. And he hath cast out all the nations, the Amorrhite the inhabitant of the land into which we are come. Therefore we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.
19. And Josue said to the people: You will not be able to serve the Lord: for he is a holy God, and mighty and jealous, and will not forgive your wickedness and sins.
20. If you leave the Lord, and serve strange gods, he will turn, and will afflict you, and will destroy you after all the good he hath done you.
21. And the people said to Josue: No, it shall not be so as thou sayest, but we will serve the Lord.
22. And Josue said to the people: You are witnesses, that you yourselves have chosen you the Lord to serve him. And they answered: We are witnesses.
23. Now therefore, said he, put away strange gods from among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel.
24. And the people said to Josue: We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his commandments.
25. Josue therefore on that day made a covenant, and set before the people commandments and judgments in Sichem.
26. And he wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the Lord: and he took a great stone, and set it under the oak that was in the sanctuary of the Lord.
27. And he said to all the people: Behold this stone shall be a testimony unto you, that it hath heard all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken to you: lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it, and lie to the Lord your God.