Joshua 24:19-24

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¹⁹ So Joshua told the people, “You will not be able to serve the Lord, because he is a God of Holiness. He is a jealous God, and he will forgive neither your transgressions nor your sins. ²⁰ If you abandon the Lord and serve foreign deities, then he will turn and do you harm, consuming you after all^[a] the good he has done for you.”

²¹ “No,” the people replied to Joshua. “We will serve the Lord.”

²² Joshua responded, “You are giving testimony against yourselves, that you have chosen to serve the Lord.”

They replied, “We are witnesses!”

²³ Joshua said,^[b] “Therefore abandon the foreign gods that are among you, and turn your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

²⁴ The people replied,^[c] “We will serve the Lord our God and obey his voice.”