Joshua 24:26 “Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he to…”

Joshua 24:26

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

American Standard Version

And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Ioshua wrote these woordes in the booke of the Lawe of God, and tooke a great stone, and pitched it there vnder an oke that was in the Sanctuarie of the Lord.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And 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.

Bible in Basic English

And Joshua put these words on record, writing them in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and put it up there under the oak-tree which was in the holy place of the Lord.

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Cross references

“Joshua”

Exodus 24:4 Deuteronomy 31:24–26

Exodus 24:4 · BSB

And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:24–26 · BSB

When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

“took”

Judges 9:6

Judges 9:6 · BSB

Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.

“set it”

Joshua 4:20–24 Genesis 28:18–22 Joshua 4:3–9

Joshua 4:20–24 · BSB

And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

Genesis 28:18–22 · BSB

Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

Joshua 4:3–9 · BSB

and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”

“under”

Genesis 35:4 Genesis 35:8

Genesis 35:4 · BSB

So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

Genesis 35:8 · BSB

Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.

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

In context

25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

27And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”

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