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24 The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and we will listen to and obey His voice.” 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance at Shechem. 26 And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was in [the courtyard of] the sanctuary of the Lord. 27 Joshua then said to all the people, “Look, this stone shall serve as a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us; so it shall be a witness against you, so that [afterward] you do not deny your God.” 28 Then Joshua sent the people away, each to [the territory of] his inheritance.

Joshua’s Death and Burial

29 It happened after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, at the age of a hundred and ten years.

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24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”(A)

25 On that day Joshua made a covenant(B) for the people, and there at Shechem(C) he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws.(D) 26 And Joshua recorded(E) these things in the Book of the Law of God.(F) Then he took a large stone(G) and set it up there under the oak(H) near the holy place of the Lord.

27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone(I) will be a witness(J) against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue(K) to your God.”(L)

28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.(M)

Buried in the Promised Land(N)

29 After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died(O) at the age of a hundred and ten.(P)

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