24:25 That day Joshua drew up an agreement 1 for the people, and he established rules and regulations 2 for them in Shechem. 24:26 Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s shrine. 24:27 Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. 3 It will be a witness against you if 4 you deny your God.” 24:28 When Joshua dismissed the people, they went to their allotted portions of land. 5
1 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
2 tn Heb “a statute and a judgment.”
3 tn Heb “all the words of the
4 tn Or “lest,” “so that you might not.”
5 tn Heb “And Joshua sent the people away, each to his inheritance.”