Joshua 24:25
And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
24And the people say unto Joshua, 'Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'
Cross References
Exodus 15:25and he crieth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sheweth him a tree, and he casteth unto the waters, and the waters become sweet. There He hath made for them a statute, and an ordinance, and there He hath tried them,
Exodus 24:7and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, 'All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.'
Deuteronomy 29:1These [are] the words of the covenant which Jehovah hath commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, apart from the covenant which He made with them in Horeb.
Deuteronomy 29:11your infants, your wives, and thy sojourner who [is] in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water —
Joshua 24:26And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which [is] in the sanctuary of Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 15:12and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, 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 →