he wrote. See note on Exodus 17:14.
a copy. duplicate.
The account of this solemnity is very brief. An acquaintance with Deuteronomy 27 is evidently presupposed; and the three several acts of which th...
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 co...
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 p...
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...
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 -...
Ver. 32, 33. And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law, &c.— See on Deuteronomy 27:3 ; Deuteronomy 27:26 .
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 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...
The stones ] i.e. the stones when plastered: see Deuteronomy 27:2-4 . A copy of the law ] Obviously not the whole Pentateuch, or even the legislat...
CHAPTER XVII. EBAL AND GERIZIM. Joshua 8:30-35 . COMMENTATORS on Joshua have been greatly perplexed by the place which this narrative has in ou...
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 f...
As the result of the severity of the discipline exercised in the case of Achan, the nation returned to obedience, and consequently Jehovah immediatel...
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...
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; bu...
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 la...
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 plaste...
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 Joshu...
Sacrifice Offered on Mount Ebal; The Reading of the Law. B. C. 1451....
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...
‘ 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 bee...
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...
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 t...
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,...
EXPOSITION THE COPY OF THE LAW .— Joshua 8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in Mount Ebal. This passag...
Blessing and Curse Proclaimed
And he (Joshua) wrote there upon the stones a copy of the Law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel, Deuteronomy 27:2...
Deuteronomy 27:2 ; Deuteronomy 27:3 ; Deuteronomy 27:8
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 plaiste...
32 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.