The Shechem Covenant excerpt from Joshua and the Promised Land by Roy H. May, Jr. At Shechem, the people made their decision. The lesson seems clear.
Choices have to be made.
We see also the concern that commitments not remain abstract. They must take historical form and be incorporated into national life. The gathering at Shechem was extraordinary. It committed Israel to being a very different kind of people than it had previously been in Canaan. It is probably from the tribal period.