21. But the people answered Joshua, “No! We will serve the Lord.”
22. Joshua therefore said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord.” They replied, “We are witnesses!”
23. “Now, therefore, put away the foreign gods that are among you and turn your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
24. Then the people promised Joshua, “We will serve the Lord, our God, and will listen to his voice.”
25. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day and made statutes and ordinances for them at Shechem.
26. Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the terebinth that was in the sanctuary of the Lord.
27. And Joshua said to all the people, “This stone shall be our witness, for it has heard all the words which the Lord spoke to us. It shall be a witness against you, should you wish to deny your God.”