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25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26 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 [a]by the sanctuary of Jehovah. 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.

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  1. Joshua 24:26 Or, in

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

27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone(H) will be a witness(I) 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(J) to your God.”(K)

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