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Joshua 24:26

in Joshua 24

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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

This verse in Joshua 24

Commentary

10 notes on this verse
Consult the marginal references. That was by the sanctuary of the Lord - i. e. the spot where Abraham and Jacob had sacrificed and worshipped, and which might well be regarded by their posterity as a holy place or sanctuary. Perhaps the very altar of Abraham and Jacob was still remaining.

This site's exposition

Joshua made a covenant for the people

on Joshua 24:25-26

Joshua recorded these words in the Book of the Law of God, putting a hand other than Moses into it. Gill and Keil add it to the roll of Deuteronomy 31:24-26; others read a separate record at the sanctuary. The stone stands near "the sanctuary of the LORD", though the tabernacle was at Shiloh, and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown suppose the ark was brought over, as at Judges 20:27.

This site's exposition

under the oak

Judges 9:6 has the leaders of Shechem make Abimelech king beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem. Keil and Delitzsch take that pillar for this stone.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening5 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Possibly this agreement was written upon this stone, as was then usual. By the sanctuary - That is, near the place where the ark and tabernacle then were; for tho' they were forbidden to plant a grove of trees near unto the altar, as the Gentiles did, yet they might for a time set up an altar, or the ark, near a great tree which had been planted there before.
And Joshua wrote these words,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The will of man is apt to glory in its native liberty, and, in a jealousy for the honour of this, adheres with most pleasure to that which is its own choice and is not imposed upon it; therefore it is God's will that this service should be, not our chance, or a force upon us, but our choice.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He set up a great stone under an oak, as a monument of this covenant, and perhaps wrote an inscription upon it (by which stones are made to speak) signifying the intention of it.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

We have not now any such sensible tokens of the divine presence, but are to believe that where two or three are gathered together in Christ's name he is as really in the midst of them as God was where the ark was, and they are indeed presenting themselves before him.
2 more voices on this verse

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth--After having enumerated so many grounds for national gratitude, Joshua calls on them to declare, in a public and solemn manner, whether they will be faithful and obedient to the God of Israel.

A commentator

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

proposed

Consult the marginal references. That was by the sanctuary of the Lord - i. e. the spot where Abraham and Jacob had sacrificed and worshipped, and which might well be regarded by their posterity as a holy place or sanctuary. Perhaps the very altar of Abraham and Jacob was still remaining.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּכְתֹּ֤בand he wrote

    vaiyikhtoH3789 →224 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙Joshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַדְּבָרִ֣יםthe words

    hadevarimH1697 →1440 times

  • הָאֵ֔לֶּה<the> these

    haelehH428 →746 times

  • בְּסֵ֖פֶרin [the] book of

    beseferH5612 →186 times

  • תּוֹרַ֣ת[the] law of

    toratH8451 →219 times

  • אֱלֹהִ֑יםGod

    ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

  • וַיִּקַּח֙and he took

    vaiyikachH3947 →966 times

  • אֶ֣בֶןa stone

    ʾevenH68 →273 times

  • גְּדוֹלָ֔הlarge

    gedolahH1419 →526 times

  • וַיְקִימֶ֣הָand he set up it

    vaykimehaH6965 →628 times

  • שָּׁ֔םthere

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • תַּ֚חַתunder

    tachatH8478 →505 times

  • הָֽאַלָּ֔הthe oak

    haalahH427 →

  • אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בְּמִקְדַּ֥שׁ[was] at [the] sanctuary of

    bemikdashH4720 →

  • יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 35:8

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

    it leads to

    • Genesis 24:59

      So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

  • Through

    Genesis 35:4

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

    it leads to

    • Judges 9:6

      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.

    • Exodus 32:2–4

      So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”

    • Deuteronomy 7:25

      You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it…

    • Judges 8:24–27

      Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

    • Exodus 32:20

      Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink…

  • Through

    Exodus 24:4

    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…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 31:9

      So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

    • Genesis 28:18

      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,

Where this verse is studied

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About Joshua

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.