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And now, I, Joshua, do say unto you: Honor יהוה (YHVH), and serve our Elohim in sincerity and in truth, and put away the elohim which your fathers served on the other side of the flood and in Egypt; and serve יהוה (YHVH).
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And if it seem evil unto you to serve יהוה (YHVH), then I say unto thee:
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Choose you this day whom ye will serve, be it the elohim which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve יהוה (YHVH).
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¶ And it came to pass that all the people did answer, saying with one voice: Far be it from us that we should forsake יהוה (YHVH) to serve other elohim;
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For יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, did bring us and our fathers and our mothers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage,
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And יהוה (YHVH) did all those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went and among all the people through whom we passed;
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And יהוה (YHVH) did drive out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land; therefore will we also serve יהוה (YHVH), for יהוה (YHVH) is our Elohim.
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¶ And it came to pass that Joshua did speak again unto the people, saying: Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you יהוה (YHVH), to serve Him.
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And so it was that they did speak, saying: We are witnesses.
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¶ And it came to pass that Joshua spoke again unto the people, saying: Put away then the strange elohim which are among you, and turn your heart unto יהוה (YHVH), Elohim of Israel.
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And so it was that the people of Israel did speak, saying unto Joshua: יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, will we serve, and the Voice of Him we will obey.
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And so it was that Joshua did make a covenant between יהוה (YHVH) and His Israel, and he did set the people that day a statute and an ordinance of it.