Joshua 24:22

22 Joshua said to the people, "You have testified that you have chosen to serve the LORD." They answered, "Yes, we have!"

Joshua 24:22 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 24:22

And Joshua said unto the people
In reply to their answer and resolution:

ye [are] witnesses against yourselves, that ye have chosen you the
Lord God to serve him;
that is, should they, after this choice of him, which they had so publicly declared, desert his service, and go into idolatry, their testimony would rise up against them, and they would, be self-condemned:

and they said, [we are] witnesses;
should we ever apostatize from the Lord and his worship, we are content to have this our witness produced against us.

Joshua 24:22 In-Context

20 If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you. He will destroy you, although he has been so good to you."

21 The people answered Joshua, "No! We will [only] serve the LORD!"

22 Joshua said to the people, "You have testified that you have chosen to serve the LORD." They answered, "Yes, we have!"

23 "Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Turn yourselves entirely over to the LORD God of Israel."

24 The people replied to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey him."