Joshua 24:25

So then Joshua solemnised a covenant for the people, on that day,—and set for them a statute and a regulation, in Shechem.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24And the people said unto Joshua,—Yahweh our God, will we serve, and, unto his voice, will we hearken.

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

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Cross References

Exodus 15:25And he made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh pointed out a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet,—There, he appointed him a statute and regulation And, there, he put him to the proof.

Exodus 24:7then took he the book of the covenant, and read in the ears of the people. And they said, All that Yahweh hath spoken, will we do, and will hearken,

Deuteronomy 29:1These, are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to solemnise with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab,—besides the covenant, which he solemnised with them in Horeb.

Deuteronomy 29:11your little ones your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps,—from him that heweth thy wood unto him that draweth thy water:

Joshua 24:26And Joshua wrote these words in the scroll of the law of God,—and took a great stone, and set it up there, under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 15:12And they entered into a covenant, to seek Yahweh, God of their fathers,—with all their heart, and with all their soul;

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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