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1Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and he summoned the elders of Israel, its heads, its judges, and its officers, and they presented themselves before God.
2Then Joshua told all the people, “This is what the Lord , the God of Israel has said.”
14Joshua said, “Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly and faithfully. Remove the gods that your fathers served in the region across the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord .
15But if you see no benefit in serving the Lord , then choose for yourselves today whomever you will serve—whether the gods that your fathers served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household—we will serve the Lord !”[#24:15 Literally if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord]
16The people responded by saying, “Far be it from us to forsake the Lord in order to serve other gods![#24:16 Or may we be cursed . The Hebrew expression refers to something that is profane and has the tone of a curse.]
17For the Lord our God, he is the one who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, where we were slaves. He is the one who performed these great signs right before our eyes and protected us on the whole journey that we made and among all the peoples through whom we passed.
18The Lord drove out of our presence all the peoples and the Amorites who were living in the land. We too will serve the Lord , because he is our God!”
19But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord , because he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.[#24:19 Or he is a God who demands exclusive loyalty]
20If you forsake the Lord and you serve foreign gods, then he will turn and cause disaster for you, and he will put an end to you after he has done good for you.”
21But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will most certainly serve the Lord !”
22So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord for yourselves in order to serve him.”
The people said, “We are witnesses!”
23Joshua said, “Now, therefore, remove the foreign gods that are among you, and turn your heart to the Lord , the God of Israel.”
24The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
25That day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and he affirmed for them a statute and ordinance there at Shechem.
26Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was at the holy place of the Lord .
27Joshua said to all the people, “See, this stone will be a witness among us and against us, because it has heard all the words that the Lord spoke with us. So it will be a witness among you and against you, so that you do not act deceptively against your God.”
28Then Joshua dismissed the people, each one to his own inheritance.
29After these events Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord , died at the age of one hundred ten years.
30They buried him in the territory of his inheritance, in Timnath Serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Ga'ash.
31Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and who had experienced every deed that the Lord had done for Israel.
32The bones of Joseph, which the descendants of Israel had brought up from Egypt, were buried in Shechem in the portion of the field that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver, and they became a heritage for the sons of Joseph.[#24:32 Literally one hundred qesitahs . The qesitah is an archaic monetary unit of unknown weight and value.; #24:32 Or it]
33Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him on the hill that belonged to his son Phinehas, which had been given to him in the hill country of Ephraim.