ocr: itetime he had Tulfilled one more promise of the covenant: He had given them the romised Land. It was theirs to live in. 'Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, 2 Joshua challenged his listeners in the stirring climax to his speech. All the people present swore their allegiance to God, the God who had kept his covenant with them. Joshua solemnly ratified the covenant and sent the people away, then quietly prepared to die. The book of Joshua ends with an act of deep symbolism: The sraelites finally buried the remains of Joseph. For well over four centuries those remains had been pr ...