ACV(i)
15 And if it seems evil to you to serve LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve LORD.
16 And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake LORD, to serve other gods.
17 For LORD our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.
18 And LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land. Therefore we also will serve LORD, for he is our God.
19 And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.
20 If ye forsake LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.
21 And the people said to Joshua, No, but we will serve LORD.
22 And Joshua said to the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen for you, LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
23 Now therefore, he said, put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to LORD, the God of Israel.
24 And the people said to Joshua, we will serve LORD our God, and we will hearken to his voice.