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Joshua 24:25

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— So then Joshua solemnised a covenant for the people, on that day,—and set for them a statute and a regulation, in Shechem.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Josue therefore on that day made a covenant, and set before the people commandments and judgments in Sichem.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— So Ioshua made a couenant with the people the same day, and gaue them an ordinance and lawe in Shechem.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— So Ioshua made a couenant with the people that day, and set them a Statute, & an Ordinance in Shechem.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and taught them the commandments and the ordinances in Shechem.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— So Joshua{gr.Jesus} made a covenant with the people on that day, and gave them a law and an ordinance in Shiloh{gr.Selo} before the tabernacle of the God of Israel.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— So Yehoshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shekhem.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
So Yæhôšuå` יְהוֹשֻׁעַ 3091
{3091} Prime
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Y@howshuwa`
{yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}
From H3068 and H3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (that is, Joshua), the Jewish leader.
made 3772
{3772} Prime
כָּרַת
karath
{kaw-rath'}
A primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (that is, make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
a covenant 1285
{1285} Prime
בְּרִית
b@riyth
{ber-eeth'}
From H1262 (in the sense of cutting (like H1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh).
with the people 5971
{5971} Prime
עַם
`am
{am}
From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.
that x1931
(1931) Complement
הוּא
huw'
{hoo}
The second form is the feminine beyond the Pentateuch; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are.
day, 3117
{3117} Prime
יוֹם
yowm
{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially).
and set 7760
{7760} Prime
שׂוּם
suwm
{soom}
A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
them a statute 2706
{2706} Prime
חֹק
choq
{khoke}
From H2710; an enactment; hence an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage).
and an ordinance 4941
{4941} Prime
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpat
{mish-pawt'}
From H8199; properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style.
in Šæȼem שְׁכֶם. 7927
{7927} Prime
שְׁכֶם
Sh@kem
{shek-em'}
The same as H7926; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Joshua 24:14-28.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Joshua 24:15-28.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joshua 24:25

A statute — He set or established that covenant with them, that is, the people, for a statute or an ordinance, to bind themselves and their posterity unto God for ever.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Joshua 24:25

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

(l) By joining God and the people together: also he repeated the promises and threatenings out of the Law.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
made:

Exodus 15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed 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 proved them,
Exodus 24:3 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 hath said will we do.
Exodus 24:7-8 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. ... And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
Deuteronomy 5:2-3 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. ... The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, [even] us, who [are] all of us here alive this day.
Deuteronomy 29:1 These [are] the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
Deuteronomy 29:10-15 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men of Israel, ... But with [him] that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with [him] that [is] not here with us this day:
2 Kings 11:17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people.
2 Chronicles 15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
2 Chronicles 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 of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
2 Chronicles 23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.
2 Chronicles 29:10 Now [it is] in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
2 Chronicles 34:29-32 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. ... 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.
Nehemiah 9:38 And because of all this we make a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].
Nehemiah 10:28-29 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; ... They clave to 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;

in Shechem:

Joshua 24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
Joshua 24:26 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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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ex 15:25; 24:3, 7. Dt 5:2; 29:1, 10. Jsh 24:1, 26. 2K 11:17. 2Ch 15:12, 15; 23:16; 29:10; 34:29. Ne 9:38; 10:28.

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