So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Joshua 24:25 in context
Joshua 24:22–28
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Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD yourselves, to serve him.”
They said, “We are witnesses.”
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“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
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The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
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So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
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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 the LORD.
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Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the LORD’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
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So Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
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