Parallel Verses

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.

Bible in Basic English

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

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

The Israelites Promise To Serve Yahweh

24 And the people said to Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey." 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26 And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone and set it up there under the terebinth that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

Cross References

Exodus 15:25

And he cried to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them,

2 Kings 11:17

And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people, that they should be the LORD's people, and also between the king and the people.

2 Chronicles 23:16

And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the LORD's people.

Nehemiah 9:38

"Because of all this we make a firm covenant in writing; on the sealed document are the names of our princes, our Levites, and our priests.

Exodus 24:3

Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do."

Exodus 24:7-8

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient."

Deuteronomy 5:2-3

The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Deuteronomy 29:1

These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb.

Deuteronomy 29:10-15

"You are standing today all of you before the LORD your God: the heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,

Joshua 24:1

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before God.

Joshua 24:26

And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone and set it up there under the terebinth that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 15:12

And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,

2 Chronicles 15:15

And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest all around.

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, in order that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

2 Chronicles 34:29-32

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 10:28-29

"The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding,

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