Joshua 24:27

Hebrew Bible

25 That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem. 26 Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s sanctuary. 27 Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.” 28 When Joshua dismissed the people, they went to their allotted portions of land. 29 After all this Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of 110.

LXX Joshua 24:27

Septuagint

25 And Joshua established a covenant with the people on that day, and he gave them law and judgment in Shiloh before the tent of the God of Israel. 26 And he wrote these words in the document of the law of God and took a large stone, and Joshua set it by the terebinth tree in front of the Lord. 27 And Joshua said to the people, “Look, this stone is among you to be evidence because it has heard everything that was said to it by the Lord, whatever he spoke to us today, and this will be among you to be a witness at the last day when you should deal falsely with the Lord my God. 28 And Joshua sent the people away, and they went, each to his home. 29 And it happened after that and Joshua son of Nun, servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and twelve years.

 Notes and References
"... Whereas the translator’s concern for style, variation and contextual harmonization can be detected throughout the Greek Joshua, particularly in the first part of the book, there is little evidence for specific ideological and contemporizing renderings. In the case of Joshua 24:27 where the Greek version seems to introduce an eschatological element into the text, the plus does not so much point to the end of days, but rather creates a link backwards to Deuteronomy 31.29 ..."

van der Meer, Michaël N. "Joshua" in Aitken, J. K. (ed.) T&T Clark Companion to the Septuagint (pp. 86-101) T&T Clark International, 2015

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