Joshua 24:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Exod 15:25 : 25 And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them,
  • 2 Kgs 11:17 : 17 Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people, that they would be the LORD's people; and also between the king and the people.
  • 2 Chr 23:16 : 16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.
  • Neh 9:38 : 38 And because of all this, we make a sure covenant and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests seal it.
  • Neh 10:28-29 : 28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinims, and all those who had separated themselves from the people of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone having knowledge and understanding; 29 They joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His judgments and His statutes;
  • 2 Chr 29:10 : 10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us.
  • 2 Chr 34:29-32 : 29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, with all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
  • 2 Chr 15:12 : 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
  • 2 Chr 15:15 : 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought Him with their whole desire; and He was found by them: and the LORD gave them rest all around.
  • Exod 24:3 : 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD has said, we will do.
  • Exod 24:7-8 : 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.
  • Deut 5:2-3 : 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The LORD did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today.
  • Deut 29:1 : 1 These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
  • Deut 29:10-15 : 10 You stand this day all of you before the LORD your God: your leaders of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, 11 Your little ones, your wives, and your foreigners that are in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water: 12 That you should enter into covenant with the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you this day: 13 That he may establish you today as a people for himself, and that he may be to you a God, as he has said to you, and as he has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 I make this covenant and this oath not only with you; 15 But also with him who stands here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him who is not here with us this day:
  • Josh 24:1 : 1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their leaders, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
  • Josh 24:26 : 26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a large stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

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

    27 And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us: it shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.

  • 1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their leaders, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

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    21 And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the LORD.

    22 And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

    23 Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.

    24 And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

  • Josh 9:15-16
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    15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them, to let them live: and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

    16 And it happened at the end of three days after they had made a treaty with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.

  • 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.

  • 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

  • 27 And Joshua made them that day woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which He would choose.

  • 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.

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    16 This day the LORD your God has commanded you to do these statutes and judgments: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.

    17 You have declared the LORD this day to be your God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to listen to his voice:

    18 And the LORD has declared you this day to be his special people, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;

  • Josh 8:34-35
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    34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and curses, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

    35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers who were among them.

  • 12 That you should enter into covenant with the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you this day:

  • 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

  • 2 And it shall be on the day when you pass over the Jordan into the land which the LORD your God gives you, that you shall set up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:

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

    31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man has lifted up any iron; and they offered on it burnt offerings to the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.

    32 And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

  • 32 And you shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

  • 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

  • 3 And the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood for the covenant.

  • 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

  • 1 These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

  • 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD has said, we will do.

  • 6 And they went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: now therefore make a treaty with us.

  • 31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and who had known all the works of the LORD, which he had done for Israel.

  • 27 So it was at the time of the going down of the sun that Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, cast them into the cave where they had hidden, and laid large stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.

  • 22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation:

  • 9 Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

  • 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.

  • 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told to your servants how the LORD your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

  • 1 And it happened, when all the people had completely passed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • 26 And Joshua swore an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, who rises up and builds this city Jericho: he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest son he shall set up its gates.

  • 16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.

  • 18 And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who lived in the land: therefore we will also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

  • 7 And they designated Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.