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Joshua 24:25

JoshuaShechem
Covenant and promises

23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye 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)

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 9:38

    And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

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  • Exodus 15:25

    And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

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  • 2 Chronicles 23:16

    And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people.

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  • 2 Kings 11:17

    And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people.

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  • Joshua 24:26

    And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

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  • Exodus 24:3

    And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

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  • Nehemiah 10:28–29

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

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  • Exodus 24:7–8

    And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

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