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Joshua 24:25

JoshuaShechem
Covenant and promises

23 “Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”

24 So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”

On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

26 Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.

27 And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”

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BSB
On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
KJV
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
WEB
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
ASV
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
DARBY
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
BLB
And Joshua cut a covenant with the people that day, and he set for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
ÅB
Den dag gjorde Josva en pakt med folket i Sikem og satte lov og rett for dem.
OTB
Den dagen opprettet Josva en pakt for folket, og der i Sikem stadfestet han for dem lover og forskrifter.
B1930
Den dag gjorde Josva en pakt med folket i Sikem og satte lov og rett for dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Nehemiah 9:38

    In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”

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  • Exodus 15:25

    And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

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  • 2 Chronicles 23:16

    Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.

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  • 2 Kings 11:17

    Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

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  • Joshua 24:26

    Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.

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  • Exodus 24:3

    When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

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  • Nehemiah 10:28–29

    “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,

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  • Exodus 24:7–8

    Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

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