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“Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Turn yourselves entirely over to the Lord God of Israel.” 24The people replied to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.” That day Joshua made an agreement for the people and set up laws and rules for them at Shechem. 26Joshua wrote these things in the Book of God’s Teachings. Then he took a large stone and set it up under the oak tree at the Lord’s holy place. 27Joshua told all the people, “This stone will stand as a witness for us. It has heard all the words which the Lord spoke to us. It will stand as a witness for you. You cannot deceive 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 15:25Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the Lord set down laws and rules for them to live by, and there he tested them.
• Exodus 24:3Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and legal decisions. Then all the people answered with one voice, “We will do everything the Lord has told us to do.”
• Deuteronomy 5:2The Lord our God made a promise to us at Mount Horeb.
• Deuteronomy 29:1These are the terms of the promise that the Lord commanded Moses to give to the Israelites in Moab. This was in addition to the promise the Lord gave them at Mount Horeb.
• 2 Kings 11:17Jehoiada made a promise to the Lord on behalf of the king and his people that they would be the Lord’s people. He made other promises between the king and the people.
• 2 Chronicles 15:12They made an agreement with one another to dedicate their lives to serving the Lord God of their ancestors with all their heart and soul.
• 2 Chronicles 23:16Jehoiada made a promise to the Lord on behalf of the king and his people that they would be the Lord’s people.
• 2 Chronicles 29:10Now I intend to make a pledge to the Lord God of Israel so that he may turn his burning anger away from us.
• 2 Chronicles 34:29Then the king sent for all the respected leaders of Judah and Jerusalem to join him.
• Nehemiah 9:38“We are making a binding agreement ⌞and putting it⌟ in writing because of all this. Our leaders, Levites, and priests are putting their seals on the document.”
• Nehemiah 10:28The rest of the people took an oath. These people included the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the inhabitants of the land for the sake of God’s Teachings. Their wives, sons, daughters, and everyone who is capable of understanding also took an oath.
• Joshua 24:1Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem. He called together Israel’s leaders, chiefs, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves to 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
• Decision
• Government
• Pillar
• Shechem
• Stones

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