"And in sore disaster and great peril I perceived what the Most High desired of me, and am resolved to devote to Him all the strength of body and soul with which He has endowed me, to Him alone, and to His people, who are also mine.

Henceforward I will be called Joshua...

nor will I seek service with the Egyptians or any foreign king; for the Lord our God through the lips of thy wife bestowed this name upon me." Then Hur, with solemn earnestness, broke in: "That is what I expected to hear and as, in this place also, the Most High is a witness between me and thee and hears this conversation, let the vow I made in His presence be here fulfilled.

The heads of the tribes and Moses, the servant of the Lord, appointed me to the command of the fighting-men of our people.

But now thou dost call thyself Joshua, and hast vowed to serve no other than the Lord our God.