Joshua 24:27

this stone shall be a witness So in Genesis 31:48; Genesis 31:52, Laban says to Jacob, "This heap is a witnessbetween me and thee this day;" and in Deuteronomy 31:19; Deuteronomy 31:21; Deuteronomy 31:26, Moses says, "Write ye this song for you … that this song may be a witnessfor me against the children of Israel."

for it hath heard By a poetical prosopopœiaJoshua describes the stone as hearingthe words of God, since it had been set up for the purpose of reminding the people of the promise which they had made unto the Lord, and, in case they should be unfaithful, of bearing witness against them.

lest ye deny your God "Ne forte postea negare velitis et mentiri Domino Deo vestro," Vulgate. "Lest perauenture зe wolden denye aftirward, and lye to зoure Lord God," Wyclif. Comp. Joshua 7:11 (Heb.); Job 31:28; Proverbs 30:9; Leviticus 19:11-12.