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Joshua 24:26

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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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.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּכְתֹּ֤בvai.yikh.Toand he wroteH3789 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697 →
הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
בְּסֵ֖פֶרbe.Se.ferin [the] book ofH5612 →
תּוֹרַ֣תto.Rat[the] law ofH8451 →
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
וַיִּקַּח֙vai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947 →
אֶ֣בֶן'E.vena stoneH68 →
גְּדוֹלָ֔הge.do.LahlargeH1419 →
וַיְקִימֶ֣הָvay.ki.Me.haand he set up itH6965 →
שָּׁ֔םShamthereH8033 →
תַּ֚חַתTa.chatunderH8478 →
הָֽאַלָּ֔הha.'a.Lahthe oakH427 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בְּמִקְדַּ֥שׁbe.mik.Dash[was] at [the] sanctuary ofH4720 →
יְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Judges 9:6Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.Genesis 35:4So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.Exodus 24:4And 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 tribes of Israel.Deuteronomy 31:24–26When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,Genesis 35:8Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.Genesis 28:18–22Early 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,Joshua 4:20–24And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.Joshua 24:25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.Joshua 4:3–9and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”Joshua 4:9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.

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