Study it in the app“And 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.””
And Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלallכָּלthe people,הָעָם“Look,הִנֵּהthisהַזֹּאתstoneהָאֶבֶןshall beתִּהְיֶהa witnessלְעֵדָהagainst us,בָּנוּforכִּיitהִיאhas heardשָׁמְעָהallכָּלthe sayingsאִמְרֵיof YHWHיְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe spokeדִּבֶּרwith us;עִמָּנוּand it shall beוְהָיְתָהa witnessלְעֵדָהagainst you,בָכֶםlestפֶּןyou lieתְּכַחֲשׁוּןto your Elohim.”בֵּאלֹהֵיכֶם
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appearstestimony, witness
Testimony, witness: something that serves as evidence, such as a heap of stones or a gift set up as proof.
Where else “eda” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appearswords, sayings
Words, sayings. In Genesis 49:21, some read "fawns".
Where else “imre” 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” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsdeny
To say what is not so, or deny what is true.
Where else “techachashu” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appears26And 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.
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28Then Joshua sent away the people, each to his inheritance.
