^{21 Ref} The people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Yahweh.

^{22 Ref} Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. They said, We are witnesses.

^{23 Ref} Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

^{24 Ref} The people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God will we serve, and to his voice will we listen.

^{25 Ref} So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.