Joshua 24:16-18

New Catholic Bible

^16 [a]The people said, “God forbid that we should abandon the Lord to serve other gods. ¹⁷ It was the Lord, our God, who brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, the land of our bondage. He performed great wonders in our sight. He preserved us all along the journey that we made, and among all the people through whom we passed. ¹⁸ The Lord drove out all the people before us, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land. We will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”