²⁷ Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, ^(A)this stone shall be for a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke ^[a]to us; thus it shall be for a witness against you, so that you do not deny your God.”

¹⁹ But you ^(A)have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have ^[a]said, ‘No, but set a king over us!’ Now therefore, ^(B)present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.”