14 Deut. 10:12, 13; 1 Sam. 12:24"Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in 2 Cor. 1:12sincerity and in truth, and Josh. 24:2, 23; Ezek. 20:18put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and Ezek. 20:7, 8in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, Ruth 1:15; 1 Kin. 18:21choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether Josh. 24:2; Ezek. 20:39the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or Ex. 23:24, 32the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. Gen. 18:19; Ps. 101:2; (1 Tim. 3:4, 5)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
16 So the people answered and said: "Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods;
23 "Now therefore," hesaid,Gen. 35:2; Josh. 24:14; Judg. 10:15, 16; 1 Sam. 7:3"put away the foreign gods which are among you, and 1 Kin. 8:57, 58; Ps. 119:36; 141:4incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel."
24 And the people Ex. 19:8; 24:3, 7; Deut. 5:24–27said to Joshua, "The Lord our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!"