Joshua 24:27
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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 words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
In other translations
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.And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua'JoshuaH3091אֶל־'el-toH413כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009הָאֶבֶןha'eventhe stoneH68הַזֹּאתhazot<the> thisH2063תִּהְיֶה־tihyeh-it will becomeH1961בָּנוּbanuon <the> usלְעֵדָהle'edah<into> a witnessH5713כִּי־ki-forH3588הִיאhi'itH1931שָׁמְעָהshame'ahit has heardH8085אֵת'et<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605אִמְרֵי'imrei[the] words ofH561יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834דִּבֶּרdiberhe has spokenH1696עִמָּנוּ'imanuwith usH5973וְהָיְתָהvehayetahand it will becomeH1961בָכֶםvakhemon <the> youלְעֵדָהle'edah<into> a witnessH5713פֶּן־pen-lestH6435תְּכַחֲשׁוּןtekhachashunyou should deny !H3584בֵּאלֹהֵיכֶם׃beloheikhem<in> God yourH430
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- Luke 19:40And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
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- Joshua 22:27-2827 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord 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 time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord. 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.27 Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’ 28 Therefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’
- Deuteronomy 31:26Take 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.“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
- Matthew 10:33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
- Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- 1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben–ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- Isaiah 1:2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- 2 Timothy 2:12-1312 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: 13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.12 if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us; 13 if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
- Proverbs 30:9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
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