Afterward — After the altar was built, and the stones plaistered and writ upon. He read — That is, he commanded the priests or Levites to read, Deuteronomy 27:14. Blessings and cursings — Which words came in not by way of explication, as if the words of the law were nothing else besides the blessings and curses; but by way of addition, to note that these were read over and above the words of the law.
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Joshua 8:34
34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.