Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

The Israelites Promise To Serve Yahweh

24 And the people say unto Joshua, 'Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.' 25 And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem. 26 And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which is in the sanctuary of Jehovah.


Cross References

Exodus 15:25

and he crieth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sheweth him a tree, and he casteth unto the waters, and the waters become sweet. There He hath made for them a statute, and an ordinance, and there He hath tried them,

2 Kings 11:17

And Jehoiada maketh the covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, to be for a people to Jehovah, and between the king and the people.

2 Chronicles 23:16

And Jehoiada maketh a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, to be for a people to Jehovah;

Nehemiah 9:38

And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed are our heads, our Levites, our priests.'

Exodus 24:3

And Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer -- one voice, and say, 'All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.'

Exodus 24:7-8

and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, 'All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.'

Deuteronomy 5:2-3

Jehovah our God made with us a covenant in Horeb;

Deuteronomy 29:1

These are the words of the covenant which Jehovah hath commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, apart from the covenant which He made with them in Horeb.

Deuteronomy 29:10-15

Ye are standing to-day, all of you, before Jehovah your God -- your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your authorities -- every man of Israel;

Joshua 24:1

And Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and they station themselves before God.

Joshua 24:26

And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which is in the sanctuary of Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 15:12

and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,

2 Chronicles 15:15

and rejoice do all Judah concerning the oath, for with all their heart they have sworn, and with all their good-will they have sought Him, and He is found of them, and Jehovah giveth rest to them round about.

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now -- with my heart -- to make a covenant before Jehovah, God of Israel, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from us.

2 Chronicles 34:29-32

And the king sendeth and gathereth all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,

Nehemiah 10:28-29

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and every one who hath been separated from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every knowing intelligent one,

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