Joshua 24:26-27

26 And Joshua 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 near the holy place of the LORD.
27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.”

Joshua 24:26-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 24

This chapter gives us an account of another summons of the tribes of Israel by Joshua, who obeyed it, and presented themselves before the Lord at Shechem, Jos 24:1; when Joshua in the name of the Lord rehearsed to them the many great and good things the Lord had done for them, from the time of their ancestor Abraham to that day, Jos 24:2-13; and then exhorted them to fear and serve the Lord, and reject idols, Jos 24:14; and put them upon making their choice, whether they would serve the true God, or the gods of the Canaanites; and they choosing the former, he advised them to abide by their choice, Jos 24:15-24; and made a covenant with them to that purpose, and then dismissed them, Jos 24:25-28; and the chapter is concluded with an account of the death and burial of Joshua and Eleazar, and of the interment of the bones of Joseph, Jos 24:29-33.

Cross References 8

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 17:18
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 28:61; S Deuteronomy 31:24
  • 3. S Genesis 28:18; S Deuteronomy 27:2
  • 4. S Genesis 12:6; S Judges 4:11
  • 5. S Genesis 28:18; Habakkuk 2:11
  • 6. S ver 22; S Genesis 21:30; S Joshua 22:27
  • 7. S Joshua 7:11
  • 8. S Numbers 11:20; S Proverbs 30:9
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