25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.


In Context

22 Joshua said to the people, |You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him.| They said, |We are witnesses.|

23 |Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.|

24 The people said to Joshua, |We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.|

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

26 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 Yahweh.

27 Joshua said to all the people, |Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.|

Joshua 24:25 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he drew up for them decrees and laws.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:25Josue therefore on that day made a covenant, and set before the people commandments and judgments in Sichem.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:25And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.