Joshua 24:25

Joshua 24:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
• New International Version (NIV)On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and put in place statutes and rules for them at Shechem.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Context of Joshua 24:25

23Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel. 24And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26And 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 Jehovah. 27And 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.

Joshua 24:25 word by word

וַיִּכְרֹ֨ת יְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַ בְּרִ֛ית לָעָ֖ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַיָּ֥שֶׂם ל֛וֹ חֹ֥ק וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• statuteחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• ordinanceמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• Shechemשְׁכֶםshekem · ShechemH7927

Cross-references for Joshua 24:25

• Exodus 15:25And he cried unto Jehovah; and Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them;
• Exodus 24:3And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do.
• Deuteronomy 5:2Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
• Deuteronomy 29:1These are the words of the covenant which Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
• 2 Kings 11:17And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah’s people; between the king also and the people.
• 2 Chronicles 15:12And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
• 2 Chronicles 23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah’s people.
• 2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
• 2 Chronicles 34:29Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
• Nehemiah 9:38And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.
• Nehemiah 10:28And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge, and understanding;
• Joshua 24:1And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Commentaries on Joshua 24:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Joshua made a covenant - Literally, Joshua cut the covenant, alluding to the sacrifice offered on the occasion. And set then a statute and an ordinance - He made a solemn and public act of the whole, which was signed and witnessed by himself and the people, in the presence of Jehovah; and having done so, he wrote the words of the covenant in the book of the law of God, probably in some part of the skin constituting the great roll, on which the laws of God…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Made a covenant with the people - i. e. he solemnly ratified and renewed the covenant of Sinai, as Moses had done before him Deuteronomy 29:1. As no new or different covenant was made, no sacrifices were necessary.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-28Verses 15-28 It is essential that the service of God's people be performed with a willing mind. For LOVE is the only genuine principle whence all acceptable service of God can spring. The Father seeks only such to worship him, as worship him in spirit and in truth. The carnal mind of man is enmity against God, therefore, is not capable of such spiritual worship. Hence the necessity of being born again. But numbers rest in mere forms, as tasks imposed upon…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25made a covenant: This phrase is literally “cut a covenant.” It refers to an ancient practice in which people made a binding agreement by cutting animals as part of a formal ceremony. This act showed how serious and lasting the agreement was (see study note on 9:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-2814-28. Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth--After having enumerated so many grounds for national gratitude, Joshua calls on them to declare, in a public and solemn manner, whether they will be faithful and obedient to the God of Israel. He avowed this to be his own unalterable resolution, and urged them, if they were sincere in making a similar avowal, "to put away the strange gods that were among them"--a requirement…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 24:25

• Backsliders
• Covenant
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• Pillar
• Shechem
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In the dictionaries

• Joshua
• Shechem
• That Day
• Serve
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Beyond
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Joshua, Book of
• Ordinance
• covenant

Commentaries on Joshua 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings