Parallel Verses

Amplified

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

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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Context Readings

The Israelites Promise To Serve Yahweh

24 The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and we will listen to and obey His voice.” 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance at Shechem. 26 And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was in [the courtyard of] the sanctuary of the Lord.


Cross References

Exodus 15:25

Then he cried to the Lord [for help], and the Lord showed him a tree, [a branch of] which he threw into the waters, and the waters became sweet.

There the Lord made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them,

2 Kings 11:17

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, the king, and the people, that they would be the Lord’s people—also between the king and the people [to be his subjects].

2 Chronicles 23:16

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they would be the Lord’s people.

Nehemiah 9:38


Now because of all this
We are making an agreement in writing;
And on the sealed document are the names of our princes, our Levites, and our priests.”

Exodus 24:3

Then Moses came and told the people everything that the Lord had said and all the ordinances. And all the people answered with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.”

Exodus 24:7-8

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people; and they said, “Everything that the Lord has said we will do, and we will be obedient.”

Deuteronomy 5:2-3

The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

Deuteronomy 29:1

These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which He made with them at Horeb (Sinai).

Deuteronomy 29:10-15

“All of you stand today before the Lord your God—your chiefs, your tribes, your elders and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

Joshua 24:1

Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and for their judges and for their officers; they presented themselves before God.

Joshua 24:26

And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was in [the courtyard of] the sanctuary of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 15:12

They entered into a covenant (solemn agreement) to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;

2 Chronicles 15:15

All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought Him with their whole heart, and He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant (solemn agreement) with the Lord God of Israel, so that His burning anger will turn away from us.

2 Chronicles 34:29-32

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

Nehemiah 10:28-29

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

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