Joshua 24:27

Joshua declares the stone a witness against the people, since it has 'heard' all Yahweh's words, lest they deny their God. It matters as a vivid reminder of accountability to the covenant.

Cross-references · 19

• Luke 19:40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
• Josh 22:34So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
• Matt 10:33But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
• Deut 31:26“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.
• Josh 22:27–28Rather, 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!’
• Isa 1:2Listen, 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.
• Deut 31:21And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
• 2 Tim 2:12–13if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
• Deut 32:1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
• 1 Sam 7:12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
• Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
• Prov 30:9Otherwise, 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.
• Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
• Gen 31:44–52Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
• Deut 31:19Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
• Deut 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
• Deut 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
• Hab 2:11For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
• Rev 3:8I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.

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