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if you do not keep true to the covenant the Lord your God has made with you. Enslave yourselves to the worship of other gods, and the Lord’s vengeance will come upon you swiftly and suddenly, till the fair land he has given you knows you no more. (Joshua 23, 16)
and he spoke thus to the people; Here is a message from the Lord your God. Long ago, these ancestors of yours, Thare and his sons Abraham and Nachor, had a home beyond the Euphrates, and there worshipped alien gods. (Joshua 24, 2)
And now, will you fear the Lord, giving him full and loyal service, will you banish the gods your fathers obeyed in Egypt, or in Mesopotamia, and serve the Lord only? (Joshua 24, 14)
If the Lord’s service mislikes you, choose some other way. Shall it be the gods your fathers worshipped in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell? I and mine will worship the Lord. (Joshua 24, 15)
And with that, the whole people cried in answer, Never will we forsake the Lord, and yield ourselves to alien gods! (Joshua 24, 16)
Never will we forsake the Lord our God, who rescued us and our fathers from slavery in Egypt, who did signal miracles under our very eyes, who protected us on our long journey, so beset by enemies, (Joshua 24, 17)
who dispossessed all these tribes, of native Amorrhite stock, to make room for us here. Serve we the Lord; he is our own God. (Joshua 24, 18)
You? said Josue. You are not fit to serve the Lord; he is a God set apart, fiercely jealous in his love, not one to overlook such sinful rebellions as yours; (Joshua 24, 19)
if you should forsake him in time to come, and worship other gods, he would repent of all his goodness to you, and you would be involved in misery and ruin. (Joshua 24, 20)
Why then, said he, banish all alien gods from your company, and turn your hearts to the Lord God of Israel. (Joshua 24, 23)
And the people told Josue, We will worship the Lord our God, and obey his commandments. (Joshua 24, 24)
This stone, he said to the people, shall bear witness that it has heard all these warnings the Lord has given you; so that you will never be able to deny it, and cheat the Lord your God of his due. (Joshua 24, 27)