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Joshua 24

Josh. 24:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Joshua
Yhowshuwa` (Hebrew #3091)
from 3068 and 3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
KJV usage: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare 1954, 3442.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
Origin: or Yhowshua {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto all the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, Behold, this stone
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
shall be a witness
`edah (Hebrew #5713)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness. Compare 5712.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in its techn. sense
unto us; for it hath heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
a all the words
'emer (Hebrew #561)
something said
KJV usage: answer, X appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
Pronounce: ay'-mer
Origin: from 559
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
which he spake
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto us: it shallc be therefore a witness
`edah (Hebrew #5713)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness. Compare 5712.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in its techn. sense
unto you, lest ye deny
kachash (Hebrew #3584)
to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
KJV usage: deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-)lie, lying, submit selves.
Pronounce: kaw-khash'
Origin: a primitive root
your God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Deut. 32:1• 1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth! (Deut. 32:1)
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Josh. 22:28,34• 28And we said, If it shall be that in future they so say to us and to our generations, we will say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.
 34And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave a name to the altar; for it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God. (Josh. 22:28,34)

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A curious coincidence of circumstances is related by Livy, the Roman historian:
he writes that "when three ambassadors were sent from Rome to complain of the perfidious conduct of the Æqui, the General informed them, that they might deliver their message to an oak which shaded his tent."
On this one of the ambassadors turning away, said, "This venerable oak, and all the gods, shall know that you have violated the peace; they shall now hear our complaints; and may they also soon be witnesses, when we revenge with our arms the violation of divine and human rights."
It is worthy of remark that Joshua merely set up a pillar under an oak,--the one, perhaps, to protect the other; while the General directed the ambassadors to address the oak, perhaps with an idolatrous feeling that they were addressing one of the gods, who would aid his cause; while the Roman ambassadors caught the feeling, and really invoked the aid of the oak and the gods.
Josh. 22:27‑28,34• 27but to be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we might do service to Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in future, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.
 28And we said, If it shall be that in future they so say to us and to our generations, we will say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.
 34And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave a name to the altar; for it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God. (Josh. 22:27‑28,34)
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Gen. 31:44‑52• 44And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.
 45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
 46And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap.
 47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
 48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,
 49--and Mizpah; for he said, Let Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we shall be hidden one from another:
 50if thou shouldest afflict my daughters, or if thou shouldest take wives besides my daughters,--no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and thee!
 51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee:
 52let this heap be witness, and the pillar a witness, that neither I pass this heap to go to thee, nor thou pass this heap and this pillar to come to me, for harm. (Gen. 31:44‑52)
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Deut. 4:26• 26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days on it, but shall be utterly destroyed. (Deut. 4:26)
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Deut. 30:19• 19I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you: life and death have I set before you, blessing and cursing: choose then life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed, (Deut. 30:19)
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Deut. 31:19,21,26• 19And now, write ye this song, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
 21And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles have befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I know their imagination which they are forming already this day, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn unto them.
 26Take this book of the law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee; (Deut. 31:19,21,26)
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1 Sam. 7:12• 12And Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, and said, Hitherto Jehovah has helped us. (1 Sam. 7:12)
it hath.
Deut. 32:1• 1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth! (Deut. 32:1)
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Isa. 1:2• 2Hear, ye heavens, and give ear, thou earth! for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children; and they have rebelled against me. (Isa. 1:2)
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Hab. 2:11• 11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. (Hab. 2:11)
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Luke 19:40• 40And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out. (Luke 19:40)
deny.
Job 31:23• 23For calamity from *God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless. (Job 31:23)
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Prov. 30:9• 9lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God. (Prov. 30:9)
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Matt. 10:33• 33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will *I* also deny before my Father who is in the heavens. (Matt. 10:33)
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2 Tim. 2:12‑13• 12if we endure, we shall also reign together; if we deny, *he* also will deny us;
 13if we are unfaithful, *he* abides faithful, for he cannot deny himself. (2 Tim. 2:12‑13)
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Titus 1:16• 16They profess to know God, but in works deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work. (Titus 1:16)
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Rev. 3:8• 8I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opened door, which no one can shut, because thou hast a little power, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. (Rev. 3:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the wordsa of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "sayings," imrah. see Note, Ps. 119.11.