Joshua 24:25 “On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Sheche…”

Joshua 24:25

On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

So Ioshua made a couenant with the people the same day, and gaue them an ordinance and lawe in Shechem.

Darby Translation

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

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.

Bible in Basic English

So Joshua made an agreement with the people that day, and gave them a rule and a law in Shechem.

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Cross references

“made”

Exodus 15:25 2 Chronicles 23:16 Nehemiah 9:38 2 Kings 11:17 Exodus 24:3 Deuteronomy 29:1

Exodus 15:25 · BSB

And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

2 Chronicles 23:16 · BSB

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.

Nehemiah 9:38 · BSB

In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”

2 Kings 11:17 · BSB

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

Exodus 24:3 · BSB

When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

Deuteronomy 29:1 · BSB

These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.

“in Shechem”

Joshua 24:1 Joshua 24:26

Joshua 24:1 · BSB

Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

Joshua 24:26 · BSB

Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”

26Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.

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