So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.
Joshua 24:25 - New International Version (Anglicised) On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made statutes and ordinances for them at Shechem. American Standard Version (1901) So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. Common English Bible On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people and established just rule for them at Shechem. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, on that day, Joshua struck a covenant, and he set before the people at Shechem the precepts and the judgments. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Josue therefore on that day made a covenant, and set before the people commandments and judgments in Sichem. |
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.
Jehoiada then made a covenant between the Lord and the king and people that they would be the Lord’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.
Jehoiada then made a covenant that he, the people and the king would be the Lord’s people.
Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.
‘In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it.’
Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink. There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test.
When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, ‘Everything the Lord has said we will do.’
These are the terms of the covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.
Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the Lord.