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Joshua 24:27

Joshua

25 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.

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.

28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the LORD’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
ASV
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.
DARBY
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.
BLB
And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be to us a witness, for it has heard all the words of YHWH that He spoke to us. And it will be for a witness against you⁺, lest you⁺ deny your⁺ God.”
ÅB
Og Josva sa til hele folket: Se, denne stein skal være et vitne mot oss, for den har hørt alle de ord som Herren har talt med oss; og den skal være et vitne mot dere, for at dere ikke skal fornekte deres Gud.
OTB
«Se!» sa han til hele folket. «Denne steinen skal være et vitne mot oss. Den har hørt alle de ordene Herren har sagt til oss. Den skal vitne mot dere hvis dere er utro mot deres Gud.»
B1930
Og Josva sa til hele folket: Se, denne sten skal være et vidne mot oss, for den har hørt alle de ord som Herren har talt med oss; og den skal være et vidne mot eder, forat I ikke skal fornekte eders Gud.

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  • Luke 19:40

    And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

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  • Joshua 22:34

    And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:26

    Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

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  • Matthew 10:33

    But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

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  • Joshua 22:27–28

    But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:21

    And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

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  • Job 31:23

    For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

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  • 2 Timothy 2:12–13

    If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

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