Joshua 24 · Verse 26

Joshua 24:26

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.
Joshua 24:26, King James Version

Joshua 24:26 in other translations

BSBJoshua 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 that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
WEBJoshua 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.
ASVAnd 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 Jehovah.
YLTAnd Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which is in the sanctuary of Jehovah.
DARBYAnd Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.
BBEAnd Joshua put these words on record, writing them in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and put it up there under the oak-tree which was in the holy place of the Lord.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Joshua 24:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 24:14-28

14-28. Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth--After having enumerated so many grounds for national gratitude, Joshua calls on them to declare, in a public and solemn manner, whether they will be faithful and obedient to the God of Israel. He avowed this to be his own unalterable resolution, and urged them, if they were sincere in making a similar avowal, "to put away the strange gods…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 24:15-28

It is essential that the service of God's people be performed with a willing mind. For LOVE is the only genuine principle whence all acceptable service of God can spring. The Father seeks only such to worship him, as worship him in spirit and in truth. The carnal mind of man is enmity against God, therefore, is not capable of such spiritual worship. Hence the necessity of being born again. But numbers rest in mere…

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Joshua 24:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּכְתֹּ֤בvai.yikh.Toand he wroteH3789
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697
הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
בְּסֵ֖פֶרbe.Se.ferin [the] book ofH5612
תּוֹרַ֣תto.Rat[the] law ofH8451
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
וַיִּקַּח֙vai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
אֶ֣בֶן'E.vena stoneH68
גְּדוֹלָ֔הge.do.LahlargeH1419
וַיְקִימֶ֣הָvay.ki.Me.haand he set up itH6965
שָּׁ֔םShamthereH8033
תַּ֚חַתTa.chatunderH8478
הָֽאַלָּ֔הha.'a.Lahthe oakH427
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
בְּמִקְדַּ֥שׁbe.mik.Dash[was] at [the] sanctuary ofH4720
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for Joshua 24:26

  • Judges 9:6

    And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

  • Genesis 35:4

    And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

  • Joshua 4:20-24

    And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: …

  • Deuteronomy 31:24-26

    And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

  • Exodus 24:4

    And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Genesis 35:8

    But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth–el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon–bachuth.

  • Genesis 28:18-22

    And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: …

  • Joshua 4:3-9

    And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? …

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Joshua.
Ex 24:4; De 31:24-26
took.
Jud 9:6
set it.
4:3-9,20-24; Ge 28:18-22
under.
Ge 35:4,8; Jud 9:6

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Context

  • Joshua 24:25

    So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

  • Joshua 24:26

    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.

  • Joshua 24:27

    And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

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Joshua 24:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y escribió Josué estas palabras en el libro de la ley de Dios; y tomando una grande piedra, levantóla allí debajo de un alcornoque que estaba junto al santuario de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Josué écrivit ces paroles dans le livre de la loi de Dieu. Et il prit une grande pierre, et la dressa là sous le chêne qui était auprès du sanctuaire de l’ Éternel;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Josua schrieb diese Worte in das Buch des Gesetzes Gottes; und er nahm einen großen Stein und richtete ihn daselbst auf unter der Terebinthe, die bei dem Heiligtum Jehovas steht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Scripsit quoque omnia verba hæc in volumine legis Domini: et tulit lapidem pergrandem, posuitque eum subter quercum, quæ erat in sanctuario Domini: