In a powerful exhortation uttered before his death, Joshua entreated the whole nation: “Now if it is bad in your eyes to serve Jehovah, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve, whether the gods that your forefathers who were on the other side of the River served or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are dwelling. ”
Pirms savas nāves Jozua vērsās pie visas tautas ar izjustiem vārdiem: ” Ja jums nepatiks tam Kungam kalpot, tad izvēlieties šodien paši sev, kam jūs kalposit, — vai tiem dieviem, kuŗiem jūsu tēvi ir kalpojuši viņpus Eifratas upes, vai tiem amoriešu dieviem, kuŗu zemē jūs dzīvojat. ”