^{24 Ref} And the people say unto Joshua, `Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'

^{25 Ref} And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.

^{26 Ref} And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which `is' in the sanctuary of Jehovah.

^{27 Ref} And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.'

^{28 Ref} And Joshua sendeth the people away, each to his inheritance.

^{29 Ref} And it cometh to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, servant of Jehovah, dieth, a son of a hundred and ten years,