[Intro] Old Joshua calls every ruler to Shechem. Rest lies over the land; his years are full. [Verse 1] You watched the LORD drive nations before you; One of you chased a thousand from the field. Hold fast. Keep Moses' book unbending. Love Him with care; let no strange name be heard. For marriages can turn to traps and scourges, And thorns can enter eyes that once saw clear. [Refrain] As for me and my house, We will serve the LORD. Choose this day; set the heart in one direction. As for me and my house, We will serve the LORD. [Verse 2] Beyond the flood stood Terah and the old gods; Then Abraham was called across the land. Isaac, Jacob, Egypt under Pharaoh, Sea-water opening at Moses' lifted hand. Years in the waste; Amorite kings broken; Balaam compelled to bless instead of curse; Jordan and Jericho, cities never builded, Vines already rooted when you came. [Bridge - people and Joshua] "Far be it from us to forsake the LORD; He bore us out and guarded all our road." "He is a holy God, a jealous God, Put every stranger from the inward heart." "The LORD our God will we serve; His voice will we obey." [Refrain - final] As for me and my house, We will serve the LORD. The people make themselves the witnesses. As for me and my house, We will serve the LORD. [Verse 3] Joshua writes the covenant and raises A stone beside the sanctuary oak: "It heard the words; it stands against denial." The tribes go home to every promised lot. At one hundred ten, the servant enters burial; Joseph's bones find Shechem's purchased ground. Eleazar rests upon the hill of Phinehas. Three graves close the age within the land. [Outro] The stone heard. The households answered.