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Lexicon :: Strong's H1285 - bᵊrîṯ

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בְּרִית
Transliteration
bᵊrîṯ
Pronunciation
ber-eeth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From בָּרָה (H1262) (in the sense of cutting [like בָּרָא (H1254)])
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 282a

Strong’s Definitions

בְּרִית bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'; from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254]); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):—confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 284x

The KJV translates Strong's H1285 in the following manner: covenant (264x), league (17x), confederacy (1x), confederate (1x), confederate (with H1167) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 284x
The KJV translates Strong's H1285 in the following manner: covenant (264x), league (17x), confederacy (1x), confederate (1x), confederate (with H1167) (1x).

  1. covenant, alliance, pledge

    1. between men

      1. treaty, alliance, league (man to man)

      2. constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)

      3. agreement, pledge (man to man)

      4. alliance (of friendship)

      5. alliance (of marriage)

    2. between God and man

      1. alliance (of friendship)

      2. covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)

  2. (phrases)

    1. covenant making

    2. covenant keeping

    3. covenant violation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּרִית bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'; from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254]); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):—confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
STRONGS H1285: Abbreviations
בְּרִית 285 noun feminine covenant (|| Aramaic קְיָם, διαθήκη; constitutio) — ב׳ Genesis 9:13 + 199 times; suffix בְּרִיתִי Genesis 6:18 + 50 times; בְּרִיתְךָ Deuteronomy 33:9; בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 44:18 + 11 times; בְּרִיתְכֶם Isaiah 28:18; בְּרִיתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:61; בְּרִיתוֺ Exodus 2:24 + 18 times; — pact, compact, covenant.
I. between men.
1. trety, alliance, league: Abraham and Amorites Genesis 14:13; Edom and its allies Obadiah 7; with Philistines Genesis 21:27, 32 (E) Genesis 26:28 (J); Jacob and Laban Genesis 31:44 (J); Joshua and Gibeonites Joshua 9:6, 7, 11, 15, 16 (J); Israel and Canaanites Exodus 23:32; Exodus 34:12, 15 (JE) Deuteronomy 7:2; Judges 2:2; Ammonites and Jabesh 1 Samuel 11:1; Solomon and Hiram 1 Kings 5:26; Ahab and Benhadad 1 Kings 20:34; Syria and Israel 1 Kings 15:19 2 Chronicles 16:3; Nebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah Ezekiel 17:13-19; nations against Israel Psalm 83:6; nations with Egypt Ezekiel 30:5; Ephraim and Assyria Hosea 12:2; Judah and Israel Ezekiel 16:61; Judah and Tyre Amos 1:9; Assyria and Judah Isaiah 33:8; נגיד ברית a prince in league (with him) Daniel 11:22 (so He Ew; Hi Meinh Bev reference to high priest Onias III, & translate prince of covenant, compare AV RV); figurative, with death Isaiah 28:15, 18; with stones of the field Job 5:23.
2. constitution, ordinance, between monarch and subjects: David and Abner 2 Samuel 3:12, 13, 21; David and the elders of Israel 2 Samuel 5:3 = 1 Chronicles 11:3; Zedekiah and his people Jeremiah 34:8-18; hostile prince and Israelites Daniel 9:27.
3. agreement, pledge: Jehoiada and captains 2 Kings 11:4 2 Chronicles 23:1; with onself Job 31:1; with Leviathan to be a servant Job 40:28; between man and man Hosea 10:4 compare בעל ברית Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4 = אל ברית [H1286 Judges 9:46].
4. alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan 1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 23:18 compare Psalm 55:21.
5. alliance of marriage Proverbs 2:17; Malachi 2:14. — In all cases כרת ברית is the technical phrase for making covenant except Jeremiah 34:10 באו בברית; Daniel 9:27 הגביר ברית לְ. Various prepositions are used, most often לְ Exodus 23:32 +, but also עִם Genesis 26:28 +, אֵת 2 Samuel 3:12 +, בֵּין 2 Chronicles 16:3.
II. between God and man.
1. alliance of friendship (|| H5475 סוֺד) Psalm 25:14.
2. covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges (see H226 אוֺת).
a. with Noah Genesis 9:9-17 (P) Isaiah 54:10; Jeremiah 33:20, 25; a divine promise that there would be no other deluge.
b. with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Genesis 15:18 (J) Genesis 17:2-21 Exodus 2:24; Exodus 6:4, 5; Leviticus 26:42 (P) 2 Kings 13:23; 1 Chronicles 16:15 = Psalm 105:8; Psalm 105:10; Nehemiah 9:8; Jeremiah 34:18; a promise to multiply their seed, give them the land of Canaan, and make them a blessing to the nations.
c. with Israel at Sinai = Horeb, with a covenant sacrifice Exodus 19:5; Exodus 24:7, 8 (E) Exodus 34:10, 27, 28 (J) Exodus 31:16; Leviticus 2:13 (P) Leviticus 24:8; Leviticus 26:9, 15, 25, 44, 45 (H) Deuteronomy 4:13; renewed in plains of Moab Deuteronomy 28:69 [Deuteronomy 29:1]; with blessings and curses Deuteronomy 29:20; frequently referred to in other books 2 Chronicles 34:32; Psalm 25:10; Psalm 44:18; Psalm 50:5; Psalm 50:16; Psalm 74:20; Psalm 78:10; Psalm 78:37; Psalm 103:18; Psalm 106:45; Psalm 111:5; Psalm 111:9; Isaiah 56:4, 6; Jeremiah 1:2, 3, 6, 8, 10; Jeremiah 14:21; Jeremiah 22:9; Jeremiah 31:32; Ezekiel 16:8, 59, 60; Ezekiel 44:7; Daniel 9:4; Daniel 11:28, 30, 32; Hosea 6:7; Hosea 8:1; Zechariah 9:11; Zechariah 11:10; a divine constitution given to Israel with promises on condition of obedience and penalties for disobendience, in the form of tables of the covenant Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 15, inscribed with the ten words, placed in (ׅי׳) ׅברית ׅארון the ark of the covenant Numbers 10:33 + 40 times (see H727 ארון; in 1 Samuel 4:3, 4 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 4:5 omits ברית after ארון Greek Version of the LXX We Dr); set forth in דברי הברית words of the covenant Exodus 34:28 (J) Deuteronomy 28:69; Deuteronomy 29:8; 2 Kings 23:3 (= 2 Chronicles 34:31) Jeremiah 11:2-8; written in ספר הברית the book of the covenant Exodus 24:7 (E compare Exodus 34:27 J) 2 Kings 23:2, 21 (compare 2 Chronicles 34:30).
d. with Phinehas Numbers 25:12, 13 (P), a constitution, establishing an everlasting priesthood in his line; compare ברית הכהנים Nehemiah 13:29 & ברית הלוי Malachi 2:4, 8.
e. with Joshua and Israel Joshua 24:25 (E), an ordinance or constitutional agreement to serve Yahweh only.
f. with David Psalm 89:4; Psalm 89:29; Psalm 89:34; Psalm 89:39; Psalm 132:12; Jeremiah 33:21 (compare 2 Samuel 7 = 1 Chronicles 17); a divine promise to the seed of David of an everlasting kingdom, the relation of sonship, and the superintendence of the temple (compare Psalms 2).
g. Jehoiada and the people 2 Kings 11:17 2 Chronicles 23:3, a constitutional agreement to be the people of Yahweh.
h. Hezekiah and the people 2 Chronicles 29:10, a constitutional agreement to reform the worship.
i. Josiah and the people 2 Kings 23:3, a constitutional agreement to obey the book of the covenant.
j. Ezra and the people Ezra 10:3, a constitutional agreement to put away foreign wives and observe the Law.
k. the prophetic covenant, a divine promise through a series of prophets to establish a new constitution ברית חדשׁה Jeremiah 31:31, with new institutions and precepts Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 59:21; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 31:31, 33; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 16:60, 62; Ezekiel 20:37; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; Hosea 2:20. In Isa2 the Messianic servant is ברית עם Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8, compare מלאך הברית Malachi 3:1.
III. Phrases.
1. covenant making: כרת ברית Genesis 15:18; Exodus 34:10, 27 (J) Joshua 24:25 (E) Deuteronomy 5:2, 3; Deuteronomy 28:69; Deuteronomy 29:13; Deuteronomy 29:24; 1 Kings 5:26; 2 Kings 11:17; 2 Kings 17:35, 38; 2 Kings 23:3; 2 Chronicles 21:7; 23:3, 16; 29:10; 34:30; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 9:8; Psalm 50:5; Psalm 89:4; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 31:31, 32, 33; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 34:13; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; Hosea 2:20; הקים ברית establish a covenant Genesis 6:18; Genesis 9:9, 11, 17; Genesis 17:7, 19, 21; Exodus 6:4 (P) Ezekiel 16:60, 62, but confirm covenant Leviticus 26:9 (?; H) Deuteronomy 8:18; נתן ברית Genesis 17:2; Numbers 25:12 (P); שׂם ברית 2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry); עבר בברית Deuteronomy 29:11; בא בברית 2 Chronicles 15:12; Ezekiel 16:8; צוה ברית Psalm 111:9; נשׂא ברית על פי Psalm 50:16. (compare further on these DrJ Ph xi. 1882, 210 ff.)
2. covenant keeping: on the part of man שׁמר ברית 1 Kings 11:11; Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; Psalm 78:10; Psalm 103:18; Psalm 132:12; Daniel 9:4, נצר ברית Deuteronomy 33:9; Psalm 25:10, מחזיקים בברית Isaiah 56:4, 6; on the part of God זכר ברית Genesis 9:15, 16; Exodus 2:24; Exodus 6:5 (all P), Leviticus 26:42 (3 times in verse) (H; on suffix compare Di Ges§ 128, 1 R b) Leviticus 26:45 (H) Psalm 105:8; Psalm 106:45; Psalm 111:5; 1 Chronicles 16:15; Ezekiel 16:15, 60. Thus we have נאמנת Psalm 89:29; ברית עולם Genesis 9:16; Genesis 17:7, 13, 18, 19; Exodus 31:16; Leviticus 24:8; Numbers 18:19; Numbers 25:13 (P) 2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry) 1 Chronicles 16:17 (= Psalm 105:10) Isaiah 24:5; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 16:60; Ezekiel 37:26; ברית מלח Leviticus 2:13; 2 Chronicles 13:5; 21:7 (a covenant with sacrificial meal and salt; on covenant with salt in Arabia compare WeSkizzen iii. 124); ברית שׁלום Numbers 25:12 (P) Isaiah 54:10; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; הברית והחסד Deuteronomy 7:9, 12; 1 Kings 8:23 (= 2 Chronicles 6:14) Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; Daniel 9:4; ברית קדשׁ Daniel 11:28, 30; מסרת הברית Ezekiel 20:37.
3. covenant violation: עבר ברית Deuteronomy 17:2; Joshua 7:11, 15; Joshua 23:16 (D) Judges 2:20; 2 Kings 18:12; Hosea 6:7; Hosea 8:1; הפר ברית Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 26:15, 44 (H) Deuteronomy 31:16, 20 (J) Judges 2:1; Isaiah 24:5 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 14:21; Jeremiah 31:32; Jeremiah 33:20, 21; Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 17:18, 19; Ezekiel 44:7; Zechariah 11:10; עזב ברית 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Jeremiah 22:9; Daniel 11:30; מאס ברית 2 Kings 17:15; נאר ברית Psalm 89:39; חלל ברית Psalm 89:34; Malachi 2:10; שׁקר בברית Psalm 44:18; שׁכח ברית Deuteronomy 4:23, 31; Jeremiah 50:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:18; 6:18; 9:9; 9:9; 9:10; 9:11; 9:11; 9:12; 9:13; 9:13; 9:14; 9:15; 9:15; 9:16; 9:16; 9:16; 9:17; 9:17; 14:13; 15:18; 15:18; 17:2; 17:2; 17:3; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:7; 17:7; 17:7; 17:8; 17:9; 17:10; 17:11; 17:12; 17:13; 17:13; 17:14; 17:14; 17:15; 17:16; 17:17; 17:18; 17:18; 17:19; 17:19; 17:19; 17:20; 17:21; 17:21; 21:27; 21:32; 26:28; 26:28; 31:44

Exodus

2:24; 2:24; 2:24; 6:4; 6:4; 6:5; 6:5; 19:5; 23:32; 23:32; 24:7; 24:7; 24:8; 31:16; 31:16; 34:10; 34:10; 34:12; 34:15; 34:27; 34:27; 34:27; 34:28; 34:28

Leviticus

2:13; 2:13; 24:8; 24:8; 26:9; 26:9; 26:15; 26:15; 26:25; 26:42; 26:42; 26:44; 26:44; 26:45; 26:45

Numbers

10:33; 18:19; 25:12; 25:12; 25:12; 25:13; 25:13

Deuteronomy

4:13; 4:23; 4:31; 5:2; 5:3; 7:2; 7:9; 7:12; 8:18; 9:9; 9:11; 9:15; 17:2; 29:1; 29:8; 29:11; 29:13; 29:20; 29:24; 31:16; 31:20; 33:9; 33:9

Joshua

7:11; 7:15; 9:6; 9:7; 9:11; 9:15; 9:16; 23:16; 24:25; 24:25

Judges

2:1; 2:2; 2:20; 8:33; 9:4

1 Samuel

4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 11:1; 18:3; 20:8; 23:18

2 Samuel

3:12; 3:12; 3:13; 3:21; 5:3; 7; 23:5; 23:5

1 Kings

8:23; 11:11; 15:19; 19:10; 19:14; 20:34

2 Kings

11:4; 11:17; 11:17; 13:23; 17:15; 17:35; 17:38; 18:12; 23:2; 23:3; 23:3; 23:3; 23:21

1 Chronicles

11:3; 16:15; 16:15; 16:17; 17

2 Chronicles

6:14; 13:5; 15:12; 16:3; 16:3; 21:7; 21:7; 23:1; 23:3; 23:3; 23:16; 29:10; 29:10; 34:30; 34:30; 34:31; 34:32

Ezra

10:3; 10:3

Nehemiah

1:5; 1:5; 9:8; 9:8; 9:32; 9:32; 13:29

Job

5:23; 31:1

Psalms

2; 25:10; 25:10; 25:14; 44:18; 44:18; 44:18; 50:5; 50:5; 50:16; 50:16; 55:21; 74:20; 78:10; 78:10; 78:37; 83:6; 89:4; 89:4; 89:29; 89:29; 89:34; 89:34; 89:39; 89:39; 103:18; 103:18; 105:8; 105:8; 105:10; 105:10; 106:45; 106:45; 111:5; 111:5; 111:9; 111:9; 132:12; 132:12

Proverbs

2:17

Isaiah

24:5; 24:5; 28:15; 28:18; 28:18; 33:8; 42:6; 42:6; 49:8; 49:8; 54:10; 54:10; 55:3; 55:3; 55:3; 56:4; 56:4; 56:6; 56:6; 59:21; 61:8; 61:8; 61:8

Jeremiah

1:2; 1:3; 1:6; 1:8; 1:10; 11:2; 11:3; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7; 11:8; 11:10; 11:10; 14:21; 14:21; 22:9; 22:9; 31:31; 31:31; 31:31; 31:32; 31:32; 31:32; 31:33; 31:33; 32:40; 32:40; 32:40; 33:20; 33:20; 33:21; 33:21; 33:25; 34:8; 34:9; 34:10; 34:10; 34:11; 34:12; 34:13; 34:13; 34:14; 34:15; 34:16; 34:17; 34:18; 34:18; 50:5; 50:5; 50:5

Ezekiel

16:8; 16:8; 16:15; 16:59; 16:59; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:61; 16:61; 16:62; 16:62; 17:13; 17:14; 17:15; 17:16; 17:17; 17:18; 17:18; 17:19; 17:19; 20:37; 20:37; 30:5; 34:25; 34:25; 34:25; 37:26; 37:26; 37:26; 37:26; 44:7; 44:7

Daniel

9:4; 9:4; 9:4; 9:27; 9:27; 11:22; 11:28; 11:28; 11:30; 11:30; 11:30; 11:32

Hosea

2:20; 2:20; 6:7; 6:7; 8:1; 8:1; 10:4; 12:2

Amos

1:9

Obadiah

1:7

Zechariah

9:11; 11:10; 11:10

Malachi

2:4; 2:8; 2:10; 2:14; 3:1

H1285

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Strong's Number H1285 matches the Hebrew בְּרִית (bᵊrîṯ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - and commanded the people: "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here and walk behind it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - Joshua told the priests, "Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people." So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, 'When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:11 - Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 - So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7 - tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:6 - So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, "Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams' horns in front of the ark of the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - When Joshua gave the army its orders, the seven priests carrying the seven rams' horns before the LORD moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed behind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:11 - Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:15 - The one caught with the riches must be burned up along with all who belong to him, because he violated the LORD's covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - All the people, rulers, leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the LORD's servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:6 - They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, "We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - Our leaders and all who live in our land told us, 'Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them, "We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us."'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:16 - Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - If you violate the covenantal laws of the LORD your God which he commanded you to keep, and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, the LORD will be very angry with you and you will disappear quickly from the good land which he gave to you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.
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