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

23“Then get rid of the foreign gods that are among you and turn your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.” 24So the people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.” On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people at Shechem and established a statute and ordinance for them. 26Joshua recorded these things in the book of the law of God; he also took a large stone and set it up there under the oak at the sanctuary of the Lord. 27And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone — it will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the Lord said to us, and it will be a witness against you, so that you will not deny your God.”

Joshua 24:25 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• a covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• with the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• them a statuteחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• and an ordinanceמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• in Shechemשְׁכֶםshekem · ShechemH7927

Cross-references for Joshua 24:25

• Exodus 15:25So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he threw it into the water, the water became drinkable. The Lord made a statute and ordinance for them at Marah, and he tested them there.
• Exodus 24:3Moses came and told the people all the commands of the Lord and all the ordinances. Then all the people responded with a single voice, “We will do everything that the Lord has commanded.”
• Deuteronomy 5:2The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
• Deuteronomy 29:1These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.
• 2 Kings 11:17Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, the king, and the people that they would be the Lord’s people and another covenant between the king and the people.
• 2 Chronicles 15:12Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with all their heart and all their soul.
• 2 Chronicles 23:16Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, the king, and the people that they would be the Lord’s people.
• 2 Chronicles 29:10It is in my heart now to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel so that his burning anger may turn away from us.
• 2 Chronicles 34:29So the king sent messengers and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
• Nehemiah 9:38In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement in writing on a sealed document containing the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.
• Nehemiah 10:28The rest of the people — the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples to obey the law of God —
• Joshua 24:1Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem and summoned Israel’s elders, leaders, judges, and 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

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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