All Israel — That is, the whole congregation, old and young, male and female. That side — Some on one side of it, and some on the other. Mount Gerizim — These two places were in the tribe of Ephraim, not far from Shechem, as appears both from scripture, and from other authors. Bless — Or curse, which is easily understood out of the following verse.
Verse Joshua 8:33. _HALF OF THEM OVER AGAINST MOUNT GERIZIM_] See the arrangement of the whole of this business in the note and observations on Deuteronomy 27:26. And see also the notes on Deuteronomy...
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 named...
8. THE OVERTHROW OF AI CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The advance commanded (Joshua 8:1)_ 2. The strategy of Joshua (Joshua 8:3) 3. Ai's defeat (Joshua 8:14) 4. Joshua's obedience ...
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 complete...
AND OFFICERS. Some codices, with Aramaean and Syriac, read "and their officers". BEFORE. at the first....
_as well the stranger_ See Deuteronomy 31:12. _half of them over against mount Gerizim_ viz., those which had sprung from the lawful wives of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, Benjamin (D...
The Altar of Blessing and of Cursing 30. _Then Joshua built_ The passes being now secured, and the interior of the country rendered accessible, Joshua resolved to take advantage of the terror which th...
_VER._ 32, 33. _AND HE WROTE THERE UPON THE STONES A COPY OF THE LAW,_ &C.— See on Deuteronomy 27:3; Deuteronomy 27:26....
_The Altar Erected on Mount Ebal Joshua 8:30-35_ 30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal, 31 As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is...
_AND ALL ISRAEL, AND THEIR ELDERS, AND OFFICERS, AND THEIR JUDGES, STOOD ON THIS SIDE THE ARK AND ON THAT SIDE BEFORE THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES, WHICH BARE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, AS WELL T...
8:33 officers (c-9) See Deuteronomy 1:15 . beginning. (d-78) Or 'had in the beginning commanded.'...
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 25,000...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 8 V1 Then the *Lord spoke again. ‘Do not b...
וְ כָל ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל וּ זְקֵנָ֡יו וְ שֹׁטְרִ֣י
CHAPTER XVII. EBAL AND GERIZIM. Joshua 8:30. 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 account t...
RECORDING AND READING THE LAW Joshua 8:30 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 Mosaic code....
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 the...
PAUSING FOR GOD IN THE MIDDLE OF VICTORY Joshua 8:1-35 Often, man holds himself guilty long after God has already wiped away the sin. It seems this was the case after Achan's sin had been removed fr...
Hebal. "Gerizim and Ebal, says Maundrell, p. 59, are separated by a narrow valley, not above a furlong broad; and Naplosa, (the ancient Sychem) consisting chiefly of two streets lying parallel, is bui...
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...
The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...
33._And all Israel, and their elders, _etc The third instance of obedience was the placing all the tribes on Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal to stand in six rows each over against each other. For they we...
Chapter 8 exhibits the return of Israel to their strength in God. If all the people were compromised by Achan's sin, it was needful that they should be sensibly restored to confidence, that they shoul...
AND ALL ISRAEL, AND THEIR ELDERS, AND OFFICERS, AND THEIR JUDGES, STOOD ON THIS SIDE THE ARK, AND ON THAT SIDE,.... Some on Ebal, and some on Gerizim: BEFORE THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES, WHICH BARE T...
_And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well t...
_All Israel stood_, &c. That is, the whole congregation, old and young, male and female. _On this side the ark and on that side_ Some on one side of it, and some on the other. _Mount Gerizim and mount...
1 God incourageth Ioshua. 3 The stratageme whereby Ai was taken. 29 The king thereof is hanged. 30 Ioshua buildeth an Altar, 32 writeth the Lawe on stones, 33 propoundeth blessings and cursings....
And all Israel and their elders and officers and their judges stood on this side the ark and on that side, before the priests, the Levites, the ark thus occupying the center between the two divisions...
BLESSING AND CURSE PROCLAIMED...
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, bu...
30-35 As soon as Joshua got to the mountains Ebal and Gerizim, without delay, and without caring for the unsettled state of Israel, or their enemies, he confirmed the covenant of the Lord with his pe...
ALL ISRAEL, i.e. the whole congregation, old and young, male and female, as it follows, JOSHUA 8:35. ON THIS SIDE THE ARK, AND ON THAT SIDE, i.e. some on one side of it, and some on the other. Mount G...
Joshua 8:33 Israel H3478 elders H2205 officers H7860 (H8802) judges H8199 (H8802) stood H5975 (H8802) ark...
Joshua 8:33 A. ‘And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the Ark, and on that side, before the priests and the Levites, who bore the Ark of the covenant...
CONTENTS: Conquest of Ai. The blessings and cursing of Ebal. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, king of Ai. CONCLUSION: The believer, clad in the whole armor of God, meeting the enemy of God as God directs, w...
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._ Here is...
_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 verda...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 8:1__ Having been defeated in Ai (ch. Joshua 7:1), Israel now follows God’s instructions and is successful....
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 8:30 For Moses’ instructions regarding the event recorded here, see Deuteronomy 27:1. Joshua carefully complies with these directions....
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 reared ne...
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 Meyer, De Wette, Maurer,...
Then they went back to Ai, now this time under the direction of the Lord. Joshua sent part of the army around the other side of the city to hide in ambush. And then he said, "We'll come to the city li...
1 Chronicles 15:11; Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 27:13;...