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Joshua 24:25

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּכְרֹ֨תvai.yikh.Rotand he madeH3772 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091 →
בְּרִ֛יתbe.Rita covenantH1285 →
לָעָ֖םla.'Amto the peopleH5971 →
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117 →
הַה֑וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →
וַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semand he establishedH7760 →
ל֛וֹlofor <the> it
חֹ֥קchoka decreeH2706 →
וּמִשְׁפָּ֖טu.mish.Patand a judgmentH4941 →
בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bish.Khemat ShechemH7927 →

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Nehemiah 9:38In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”Exodus 15:25And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,2 Chronicles 23:16Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.2 Kings 11:17Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.Joshua 24:26Joshua 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.Deuteronomy 29:10–15All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,2 Chronicles 15:15And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.Deuteronomy 29:1These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.2 Chronicles 15:12Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.Deuteronomy 5:2–3The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.Exodus 24:3When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”Exodus 24:7–8Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”2 Chronicles 34:29–32Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.Nehemiah 10:28–29“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.Joshua 24:1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.2 Chronicles 34:31So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.2 Kings 11:4Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

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