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


In Context

22 And Joshua saith unto the people, 'Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, 'Witnesses!')

23 and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.'

24 And the people say unto Joshua, 'Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'

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

26 And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which is in the sanctuary of Jehovah.

27 And Joshua saith unto all the people, 'Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them 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.