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24 The people replied,[a] “We will serve the Lord our God and obey his voice.”

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, making statutes and ordinances in Shechem. 26 He[b] wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God, took a large stone, moved it under the shade of[c] the oak tree that was near the sanctuary of the Lord,

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:24 Lit. replied to Josh
  2. Joshua 24:26 Lit. Josh
  3. Joshua 24:26 The Heb. lacks the shade of

24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”(A)

25 On that day Joshua made a covenant(B) for the people, and there at Shechem(C) he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws.(D) 26 And Joshua recorded(E) these things in the Book of the Law of God.(F) Then he took a large stone(G) and set it up there under the oak(H) near the holy place of the Lord.

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