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25 That day Joshua drew up an agreement[a] for the people, and he established rules and regulations[b] for them in Shechem. 26 Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s sanctuary. 27 Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us.[c] It will be a witness against you if[d] you deny your God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:25 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
  2. Joshua 24:25 tn Heb “a statute and a judgment.”
  3. Joshua 24:27 tn Heb “all the words of the Lord which he spoke with us.”
  4. Joshua 24:27 tn Or “lest,” “so that you might not.”

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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