Joshua 24:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Exod 15:25 : 25 And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;
  • 2 Kgs 11:17 : 17 And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and the king and the people, that they would be the Lord's people; and in the same way between the king and the people.
  • 2 Chr 23:16 : 16 And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and all the people and the king, that they would be the Lord's people.
  • Neh 9:38 : 38 And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.
  • Neh 10:28-29 : 28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the music-makers, the Nethinim, and all those who had made themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, to keep the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and wisdom; 29 They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;
  • 2 Chr 29:10 : 10 Now it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us.
  • 2 Chr 34:29-32 : 29 Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord. 31 Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in this book. 32 And he made all the people in Jerusalem and Benjamin give their word to keep it. And the people of Jerusalem kept the agreement of God, the God of their fathers.
  • 2 Chr 15:12 : 12 And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;
  • 2 Chr 15:15 : 15 And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.
  • Exod 24:3 : 3 Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.
  • Exod 24:7-8 : 7 And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws. 8 Then Moses took the blood and let it come on the people, and said, This blood is the sign of the agreement which the Lord has made with you in these words.
  • Deut 5:2-3 : 2 The Lord our God made an agreement with us in Horeb. 3 The Lord did not make this agreement with our fathers but with us, who are all living and present here today.
  • Deut 29:1 : 1 These are the words of the agreement which Moses was ordered by the Lord to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the agreement which he made with them in Horeb.
  • Deut 29:10-15 : 10 You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel, 11 And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you: 12 With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today: 13 And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14 And not with you only do I make this agreement and this oath; 15 But with everyone who is here with us today before the Lord our God, as well as with those who are not here:
  • Josh 24:1 : 1 Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God.
  • Josh 24:26 : 26 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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  • Josh 24:26-27
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    26 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.

    27 And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.

  • Josh 24:1
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    1 Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God.

  • Josh 24:21-24
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    21 And the people said to Joshua, No! But we will be the servants of the Lord.

    22 And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have made the decision to be the servants of the Lord. And they said, We are witnesses.

    23 Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.

    24 And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.

  • Josh 9:15-16
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    15 So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them.

    16 Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them.

  • Exod 24:7
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    7 And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws.

  • 1 Sam 30:25
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    25 And so he made it a rule and an order for Israel from that day till now.

  • Josh 9:27
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    27 And that day Joshua made them servants, cutting wood and getting water for the people and for the altar of the Lord, in the place marked out by him, to this day.

  • Josh 4:9
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    9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

  • Deut 26:16-18
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    16 Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.

    17 Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

    18 And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

  • Josh 8:34-35
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    34 And after, he gave them all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, as it is all recorded in the book of the law;

    35 Reading to all the meeting of Israel, with the women and the children and the men from other lands who were living among them, every word of the orders which Moses had given.

  • Deut 29:12
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    12 With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

  • Deut 27:11
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    11 That same day Moses said to the people,

  • Deut 27:2
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    2 And on the day when you go over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, put up great stones, coating them with building-paste,

  • Josh 8:30-32
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    30 Then Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

    31 In the way ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, as it is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, untouched by any iron instrument: and on it they made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.

    32 And he made there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, writing it before the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • Deut 11:32
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    32 And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.

  • Deut 5:2
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    2 The Lord our God made an agreement with us in Horeb.

  • 2 Kgs 23:3
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    3 And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.

  • Josh 1:10
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    10 Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,

  • Deut 29:1
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    1 These are the words of the agreement which Moses was ordered by the Lord to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the agreement which he made with them in Horeb.

  • Exod 24:3
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    3 Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.

  • Josh 9:6
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    6 And they came to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: so now make an agreement with us.

  • Josh 24:31
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    31 And Israel was true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the older men who were still living after Joshua's death, and had seen what the Lord had done for Israel.

  • Josh 10:27
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    27 And when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.

  • Num 27:22
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    22 So Moses did as the Lord said: he took Joshua and put him before Eleazar the priest and the meeting of the people:

  • Deut 29:9
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    9 So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.

  • Judg 2:7
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    7 And the people were true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the responsible men who were still living after the death of Joshua, and had seen all the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.

  • Josh 9:24
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    24 And, answering Joshua, they said, Because it came to the ears of your servants that the Lord your God had given orders to his servant Moses to give you all this land, and to send destruction on all the people living in it, because of you; so, fearing greatly for our lives because of you, we have done this.

  • Josh 4:1
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    1 Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Josh 6:26
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    26 Then Joshua gave the people orders with an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed before the Lord who puts his hand to the building up of this town: with the loss of his first son will he put the first stone of it in place, and with the loss of his youngest son he will put up its doors.

  • 2 Chr 23:16
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    16 And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and all the people and the king, that they would be the Lord's people.

  • Josh 24:18
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    18 And the Lord sent out from before us all the peoples, the Amorites living in the land: so we will be the servants of the Lord, for he is our God.

  • Josh 20:7
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    7 So they made selection of Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.