19And Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He [is]; a zealous God He [is]; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.
20When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.`
21And the people saith unto Joshua, `No, but Jehovah we do serve.`
22And Joshua saith unto the people, `Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, `Witnesses!`)
23and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.`
24And the people say unto Joshua, `Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.`
25And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.
