Joshua 24:27

And Joshua said to the people, Behold, this stone shall be among you for a witness, for it has heard all the words that have been spoken to it by the Lord; for he has spoken to you this day; and this stone shall be among you for a witness in the last days, whenever ye shall deal falsely with the Lord my God.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

26And he wrote these words in the book of the laws of God: and Joshua took a great stone, and set it up under the + 24:26 Gr. Properly a pine or turpentine tree. So chap. 17. 9.oak before the Lord.

28And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his place.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth this day to witness against you, that ye shall surely perish from off the land, into which ye go across Jordan to inherit it there; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall be utterly cut off.

Deuteronomy 31:19And now write the words of this song, and teach it to the children of Israel, and ye shall put it into their mouth, that this song may witness for me among the children of Israel to their face.

Deuteronomy 31:26Take the book of this law, and ye shall put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God; and it shall be there + 31:26 Gr. within thee.among you for a testimony.

Joshua 22:27but that this may be a witness between you and us, and between our posterity after us, that we may do service to the Lord before him, with our burnt-offerings and our meat-offerings and our peace-offerings: so your sons shall not say to our sons, + 22:27 Gr. to-morrow.hereafter, Ye have no portion + 22:27 Gr. of.in the Lord.

Joshua 22:34And Joshua gave a name to the altar of the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasse; and said, It is a testimony in the midst of them, that the Lord is their God.

Job 31:23For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:16-29

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord . 16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord , to serve other gods; 17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which… Read the whole commentary →

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