Study it in the app“And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the instruction of Elohim; and he took a great stone and set it up there under the oak that was in the sanctuary of YHWH.”
And Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַwroteיִּכְתֹּבtheseהָאֵלֶּהwordsהַדְּבָרִיםin the bookבְּסֵפֶרof the instructionתּוֹרַתof Elohim;אֱלֹהִיםand he tookוַיִּקַּחa greatגְּדוֹלָהstoneאֶבֶןand set it upוַיְקִימֶהָthereשָּׁםunderתַּחַתthe oakהָאַלָּהthatאֲשֶׁרwasin the sanctuaryבְּמִקְדַּשׁof YHWH.יְהוָה
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtov” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appearsbook
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appearsteaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appearsestablish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “yekime” appearsoak
A large, strong tree, the oak.
Where else “ala” appearssanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdash” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set for them a statute and an ordinance at Shechem.
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27And Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the sayings of YHWH that he spoke with us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest you lie to your Elohim.”
