KJV King James Version
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
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Joshua 24:25
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
WEB World English Bible
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
ASV American Standard Version
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.
Surrounding context — Joshua 24
22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye [are] witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, [We are] witnesses.
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.
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.
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.
28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
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וַיִּכְרֹ֨תH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutיְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaבְּרִ֛יתH1285 · be.ritcovenantלָעָ֖םH5971 · ampeopleבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַה֑וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוַיָּ֥שֶׂםH7760 · sumto set: makeל֛וֹH9033 · ohimחֹ֥קH2706 · choqstatute: decreeוּמִשְׁפָּ֖טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementבִּשְׁכֶֽם׃H7927 · she.khemShechem
Cross-references
Exodus 15:25And 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,2 Chronicles 23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’S people.Nehemiah 9:38And because of all this we make a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].2 Kings 11:17And 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.2 Chronicles 34:29-32Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.Joshua 24:1And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.Joshua 24:26And 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.2 Chronicles 15:12And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;Nehemiah 10:28-29And 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;Deuteronomy 5:2-3The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.Deuteronomy 29:1These [are] the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.2 Chronicles 29:10Now [it is] in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.Exodus 24:3And 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.Deuteronomy 29:10-15Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men of Israel,2 Chronicles 15:15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.Exodus 24:7-8And 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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