Joshua 8:34

Joshua 8:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—just as it is written in the Book of the Law.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and the cursings, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.

Context of Joshua 8:34

32And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written. 33All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel. Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. 35There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.

Joshua 8:34 word by word

וְאַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן קָרָא֙ אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֣י הַתּוֹרָ֔ה הַבְּרָכָ֖ה וְהַקְּלָלָ֑ה כְּכָל־הַכָּת֖וּב בְּסֵ֥פֶר הַתּוֹרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Afterwardכֵּןkên · soH3651
• Joshua read aloudקָרָאqârâ' · to call: read outH7121
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• the blessingsבְּרָכָהberâkâh · blessingH1293
• and the cursesקְלָלָהqelâlâh · curseH7045
• that is writtenכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• in the Bookסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: bookH5612

Cross-references for Joshua 8:34

• Deuteronomy 31:10Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,
• Nehemiah 8:2On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.
• Nehemiah 9:3While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.
• Nehemiah 13:1At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
• Leviticus 26:1“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
• Deuteronomy 27:14Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:
• Deuteronomy 28:1“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
• Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
• Deuteronomy 30:15See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, as well as death and disaster.

Commentaries on Joshua 8:34

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30-35Verses 30-35 The account of this solemnity is very brief. An acquaintance with Joshua 8:29, and Joshua 9:1, is natural and obvious; and in Joshua 9:3, the fraud of the Gibeonites is represented as growing out of the alarm caused by the fall of Jericho and Ai. It is, moreover, extremely unlikely that a solemnity of this nature in the very center of the country should be undertaken by Joshua while the whole surrounding district was in the hands of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-35Verses 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 people, as appointed, De 11; 27. We must not think to defer covenanting with God till we are settled in the world; nor must any business put us from minding and pursuing the one thing needful. The way to prosper is to begin with God, Mt 6:33. They built…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34the blessings and the curses: See Deuteronomy 27–28.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. afterward he read all the words of the law--caused the priests or Levites to read it (De 27:14). Persons are often said in Scripture to do that which they only command to be done.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 8:34

• Commandments
• Curse
• Law
• Prayer
• Word of God
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Ambush
• Ebal
• Gerizim
• Heap
• Raise
• Wait
• Ai
• Bible, the
• Blessing
• Deuteronomy

Commentaries on Joshua 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings