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

¹⁹ But today you ^(A)have rejected your God, who saves you from all your catastrophes and your distresses; yet you have ^[a]said, ‘No, but put a king over us!’ Now then, ^(B)present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your ^[b]groups of thousands.”