So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSo Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJoshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.
- Author
- Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
- Date
- Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period