Joshua 24:25
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
So Ioshua made a couenant with the people that day, and set them a Statute, & an Ordinance in Shechem.
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- 2 Chronicles 23:16Rank 1 from verse 25
- Exodus 15:25Rank 2 from verse 25
25And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
25And he cried vnto the LORD: and the LORD shewed him a *tree, which when hee had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweete: there he made a statute & an ordinance, and there he proued them,
- Nehemiah 9:38Rank 3 from verse 25
- 2 Kings 11:17Rank 4 from verse 25
17¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord’s people; between the king also and the people.
17¶ And Iehoiada made a couenant betweene the LORD and the king, and the people, that they should be the LORDs people; betweene the king also and the people.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12Rank 5 from verse 25
- 2 Chronicles 15:15Rank 6 from verse 25
15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
15And all Iudah reioyced at the oath: for they had sworne with all their heart, & sought him with their whole desire, and he was found of them: and the LORD gaue them rest round about.
- 2 Chronicles 29:10Rank 7 from verse 25
- 2 Chronicles 34:29–32Rank 8 from verse 25
29¶ Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
30And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.
31And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
32And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
29¶ *Then the king sent, and gathered together all the Elders of Iudah and Ierusalem.
30And the king went vp into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Iudah, and the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and the priests and the Leuites, and all the people †great and small: and he read in their eares all the words of the booke of the couenant, that was found in the house of the LORD.
31And the King stood in his place, & made a Couenant before the LORD, to walke after the LORD, and to keep his Commandements, and his Testimonies, and his Statutes, with all his heart, & with all his soule, to performe the words of the Couenant which are written in this booke.
32And he caused all that were †present in Ierusalem and Beniamin, to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Ierusalem did according to the couenant of God, the God of their fathers.
- Deuteronomy 29:1Rank 9 from verse 25
1THESE are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
1¶ These are the woordes of the Couenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the Couenant which he made with them in Horeb.
- Deuteronomy 29:10–15Rank 10 from verse 25
10¶ Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
11Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
12That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:
13That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
14Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
15But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
10¶ Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God: your captaines of your tribes, your Elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
11Your litle ones, your wiues, and thy stranger that is in thy campe, from the hewer of thy wood, vnto the drawer of thy water:
12That thou shouldest †enter into Couenant with the LORD thy God, and into his othe which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
13That he may establish thee to day for a people vnto himselfe, and that hee may be vnto thee a God, as he hath said vnto thee, and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Iacob.
14Neither with you onely doe I make this couenant and this othe:
15But with him that standeth here with vs this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with vs this day:
- Deuteronomy 5:2–3Rank 11 from verse 25
2The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
2*The LORD our God made a couenant with vs in Horeb.
3The LORD made not this couenant with our fathers, but with vs: euen vs, who are all of vs here aliue this day.
- Exodus 24:3Rank 12 from verse 25
3¶ And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do.
3¶ And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the iudgements: and all the people answered with one voyce, and said, *All the words which the LORD hath said, will we doe.
- Exodus 24:7–8Rank 13 from verse 25
7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.
8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
7And he tooke the booke of the couenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they saide, *All that the LORD hath said, will we doe, and be obedient.
8And Moses tooke the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold *the blood of the Couenant which the LORD hath made with you, concerning all these words.
- Joshua 24:1Rank 14 from verse 25
1AND 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; and they presented themselves before God.
1¶ And Ioshua gathered all the Tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the Elders of Israel, and for their Heads, and for their Iudges, and for their Officers, and they presented themselues before God.
- Joshua 24:26Rank 15 from verse 25
26¶ And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
26¶ And Ioshua wrote these words in the booke of the Law of God, and tooke a great stone, and set it vp there, vnder an oake, that was by the Sanctuary of the LORD.
- Nehemiah 10:28–29Rank 16 from verse 25
28¶ And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
28¶ *And the rest of the people, the Priests, the Leuites, the Porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselues from the people of the lands, vnto the Law of God, their wiues, their sonnes, and their daughters, euery one hauing knowledge, and hauing vnderstanding.
29They claue to their brethren their nobles, and entred into a curse, and into an oath to walke in Gods law, which was giuen †by Moses the seruant of God, and to obserue and doe all the commandements of the LORD our LORD, and his Iudgements, and his statutes:
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Joshua 24:25
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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Sense 1: A binding agreement, promise, pledge, or appointed order. Sense 2: The stated words, terms, testimony, or written record of such an agreement or promise.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.
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Sense 1: A rule, command, decree, statute, or authoritative appointment. Sense 2: A prescribed observance, rite, practice, or arrangement.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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24And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
24And the people saide vnto Ioshua; The LORD our God will we serue, and his voice will we obey.
25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
25So Ioshua made a couenant with the people that day, and set them a Statute, & an Ordinance in Shechem.
Selected passage26¶ And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
26¶ And Ioshua wrote these words in the booke of the Law of God, and tooke a great stone, and set it vp there, vnder an oake, that was by the Sanctuary of the LORD.