Joshua 24:19-28

19But Joshua told the people, “You will not be able to worship the Lord, because he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions and sins.

20If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you, harm you, and completely destroy you, after he has been good to you.”

21“No!” the people answered Joshua. “We will worship the Lord.”

22Joshua then told the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you yourselves have chosen to worship the Lord.” “We are witnesses,” they said.

23“Then get rid of the foreign gods that are among you and turn your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

24So the people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.”

25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people at Shechem and established a statute and ordinance for them.

26Joshua recorded these things in the book of the law of God; he also took a large stone and set it up there under the oak at the sanctuary of the Lord.

27And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone — it will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the Lord said to us, and it will be a witness against you, so that you will not deny your God.”

28Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.