19. Joshua warned the people, “You will not keep worshiping the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
20. If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you; he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, though he once treated you well.”
21. The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will worship the Lord!”
22. Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?” They replied, “We are witnesses!”
23. Joshua said, “Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the Lord God of Israel.”
24. The people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.”
25. That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.
26. Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s shrine.
27. Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”