Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth:...And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD (Joshua 24:14-15).