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Bible in Basic English

So Joshua made an agreement with the people that day, and gave them a rule and a law in Shechem.

New American Standard Bible

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

King James Version

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Holman Bible

On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people at Shechem and established a statute and ordinance for them.

International Standard Version

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, making statutes and ordinances in Shechem.

A Conservative Version

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

American Standard Version

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Amplified

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance at Shechem.

Darby Translation

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Julia Smith Translation

And Joshua will cut out a covenant to the people in that day and will set to him a law and a judgment in Shechem.

King James 2000

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So Joshua {made a covenant} with the people on that day, and he established for them a statute and a judgment at Shechem.

Modern King James verseion

And Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And so Joshua made a covenant with the people the same day and set ordinances and laws before them in Shechem.

NET Bible

That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.

New Heart English Bible

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

The Emphasized Bible

So then Joshua solemnised a covenant for the people, on that day, - and set for them a statute and a regulation, in Shechem.

Webster

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

World English Bible

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So Joshua
יהושׁע יהושׁוּע 
Y@howshuwa` 
Usage: 218

כּרת 
Karath 
Usage: 287

בּרית 
B@riyth 
Usage: 284

with the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

and set
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

and an ordinance
משׁפּט 
Mishpat 
Usage: 421

References

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Context Readings

The Israelites Promise To Serve Yahweh

24 And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice. 25 So Joshua made an agreement with the people that day, and gave them a rule and a law in Shechem. 26 And Joshua put these words on record, writing them in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and put it up there under the oak-tree which was in the holy place of the Lord.

Cross References

Exodus 15:25

And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;

2 Kings 11:17

And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and the king and the people, that they would be the Lord's people; and in the same way between the king and the people.

2 Chronicles 23:16

And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and all the people and the king, that they would be the Lord's people.

Nehemiah 9:38

And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.

Exodus 24:3

Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.

Exodus 24:7-8

And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws.

Deuteronomy 5:2-3

The Lord our God made an agreement with us in Horeb.

Deuteronomy 29:1

These are the words of the agreement which Moses was ordered by the Lord to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the agreement which he made with them in Horeb.

Deuteronomy 29:10-15

You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,

Joshua 24:1

Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God.

Joshua 24:26

And Joshua put these words on record, writing them in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and put it up there under the oak-tree which was in the holy place of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 15:12

And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;

2 Chronicles 15:15

And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us.

2 Chronicles 34:29-32

Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 10:28-29

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the music-makers, the Nethinim, and all those who had made themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, to keep the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and wisdom;

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