Joshua 24:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ Then the people answered, “·We will never stop following [^LFar be it from us to forsake] the Lord to serve other gods! ¹⁷ It was the Lord our God who brought ·our [^Lus and our] ancestors out of Egypt. ·We were slaves in that land, but […^Lout of the house of slavery, and] the Lord did great ·things [^Lsigns] for us there. He brought us out and ·protected [preserved] us while we traveled through other lands. ¹⁸ Then he ·forced [drove] out all the people living in these lands, even the Amorites. So we will serve the Lord, because he is our God.”