Joshua 24:21
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“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
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“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.