15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the ^wgods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

35 The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, “You shall not fear other gods or ^obow yourselves to them or serve them or sacrifice to them, 36 but you shall fear the Lord, who ^pbrought you out of the land of Egypt with ^qgreat power and with an outstretched arm. You shall bow yourselves to him, and to him you shall sacrifice. 37 And the ^rstatutes and the rules and the law and the commandment that he wrote for you, you shall always be careful to do. You shall not fear other gods, 38 and you shall not ^sforget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods,