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Joshua 24:26

Joshua
Covenant and promisesGod's word

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

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

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.”

28 Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
ASV
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.
DARBY
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.
BLB
And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God, and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that [was] by the sanctuary of YHWH.
ÅB
Og Josva skrev opp disse ord i Guds lovbok; og han tok en stor stein og reiste den der under den ek som sto ved Herrens helligdom.
OTB
Og Josva skrev disse tingene ned i Guds lovbok. Så tok han en stor stein og satte den opp der under eiken nær Herrens helligdom.
B1930
Og Josva skrev op disse ord i Guds lovbok; og han tok en stor sten og reiste den der under den ek som stod ved Herrens helligdom.

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Cross references

  • Judges 9:6

    Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.

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  • Genesis 35:4

    So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

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  • Joshua 4:20–24

    And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:24–26

    When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

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  • Exodus 24:4

    And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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  • Genesis 35:8

    Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.

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  • Genesis 28:18–22

    Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

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  • Joshua 4:3–9

    and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”

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