^{25 Ref} So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

^{26 Ref} Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.

^{27 Ref} Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.