World English Bible
Joshua 24:25
“So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.”
Verse in context — Joshua 24
Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
The people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.
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Israel conquers and settles the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership.
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