Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
Ver. 30. Then Joshua built an altar.] According to Moses's charge. Deuteronomy 11:29 ; Deu 27:5-6
to mount Ebal.] Which was far up in the country, near Shechem, in the tribe of Ephraim. Judges 9:6,7 ; Jdg 20:7 The Canaanites were now so quaffed and dismayed with the destruction of Jericho and Ai, that for the present they opposed not the Israelites in their way to these two mountains, and their service there performed.