Joshua 8:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. ”

Joshua 8:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The account of this solemnity is very brief. An acquaintance with Deuteronomy 27 is evidently presupposed; and the three several acts of which the solemnity consisted are only so far distinctly n...
Joshua 8:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he wrote there upon the stones a (n) copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. (n) Meaning, the ten commandments, which are the sum of the whole Law.
Joshua 8:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Altar Erected on Ebal, the Law Inscribed and Read. This comes in a strange place. The middle of Canaan has not yet been conquered, so that such a proceeding was impossible if our narrative is compl...
Joshua 8:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

he wrote. See note on Exodus 17:14 . a copy . duplicate.
Joshua 8:32 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

32. And he wrote there upon the stones, etc A different rule is applicable to the stones here mentioned, on which God wished that a memorial of his Law should always appear, in order that, a...
Joshua 8:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. A copy of the law of Moses - משנה תורת mishneh torath, the repetition of the l...
Joshua 8:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 32, 33. And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law, &c.— See on Deuteronomy 27:3 ; Deuteronomy 27:26 .
Joshua 8:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. He wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law х mishneeh ( H493...
Joshua 8:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Conquest of Ai. The Covenant confirmed upon Mt. Ebal 1-29. The Taking of Ai. Edersheim explains that Joshua detailed a corps of 30,000 men, of whom 5,000 were placed W. of Ai in a wood. The 25...
Joshua 8:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVII. EBAL AND GERIZIM. Joshua 8:30-35 . COMMENTATORS on Joshua have been greatly perplexed by the place which this narrative has in our Bibles. No one can study the map, and take into...
Joshua 8:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Recording and Reading the Law Joshua 8:30-35 After the fall of Ai the war was suspended for a time. The divine hand restrained the Canaanites from interfering with Israel's obedience to the Mos...
Joshua 8:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As the result of the severity of the discipline exercised in the case of Achan, the nation returned to obedience, and consequently Jehovah immediately uttered the word of reassurance to Joshua and th...
Joshua 8:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe, the ark is particularly noticed. And when the sacrifices were offered, and the law of curses was read, and the altar itself set up, upon the very spot Mount Ebal, where the curses were to be...
Joshua 8:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses ,.... Not upon the stones of which the altar was made, though some have so thought; but upon other stones erected in the form of a pilla...
Joshua 8:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. Ver. 32. A copy of the law of Moses, ] i.e., The decalogue or ten comman...
Joshua 8:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Upon the stones Not upon the stones of the altar, which, were to be rough and unpolished, ( Joshua 8:13 ,) but upon other stones, smooth and plastered, as is manifest from Deuteronomy 27:2 . A co...
Joshua 8:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AI TOTALLY DESTROYED (vs.1-29) Now the Lord gives explicit instructions to Joshua as to attacking Ai. How different these were to the plans Joshua used at first! God tells Joshua not to be afraid...
Joshua 8:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sacrifice Offered on Mount Ebal; The Reading of the Law. B. C. 1451. 30 Then Joshua buil...
Joshua 8:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not upon the stones of the altar, which were to be rough and unpolished, Joshua 8:31 , but upon other stones, smooth and plastered, as is manifest from Deuteronomy 27:2 . A copy of the law of...
Joshua 8:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.' These need not have been the same as the altar stones. The Hebrew definit...
Joshua 8:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 8:32 . Wrote there upon the stones] Upon the plaster with which the stones were to be covered. These were not the stones of the altar itself, but rude pillars of stone rea...
Joshua 8:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 8:4 . Ye shall lie in wait: la ruse du guerre. The craft of war is lawful, if war itself be lawful; and experience is often of more avail than strength. Joshua 8:25 . Twelve thousand. H...
Joshua 8:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

Gerizim . .. Ebal. Ebal and Gerizim The valley between these two is one of the most beautiful in Palestine. Jacob’s well lies at its mouth, and all its luxuriant extent is covered with its v...
Joshua 8:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE COPY OF THE LAW .— Joshua 8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in Mount Ebal. This passage has been pronounced to be an interpolation by Me...
Joshua 8:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Blessing and Curse Proclaimed
Joshua 8:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 27:2 ; Deuteronomy 27:3 ; Deuteronomy 27:8
Joshua 8:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Upon the stones — Not upon the stones of the altar, which were to be rough and unpolished, Joshua 8:31 , but upon other stones, smooth and plaistered, as is manifest from Deuteronomy 27:2 . The l...

Joshua 8:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 8:32 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 8:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 8:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 8:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 8:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 8:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 8:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 8:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 8:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 8:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 8:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 8:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 8:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 8:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 8:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes