¹⁵ But if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, which were beyond the Euphrates River, or ^(A)the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

^41 (A)So while these nations feared the Lord, they also served their ^[a]idols; their children likewise and their grandchildren, just as their fathers did, they do to this day.

Samekh

²⁴ “^(A)No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and ^[a](B)wealth.