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 he wrote there on the stones a copy of the Law of Moses, which he had written, in the presence of the sons of Israel. 33And all Israel with their elders, officers, and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, the stranger as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded at first to bless the people of Israel. Then afterward he read all the words of the Law, the blessing and the curse, according to everything that is written in the Book of the Law. 35There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel with the women, the little ones, and the strangers who were living among them.

Joshua 8:34 word by word

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

• Then afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Then afterwardכֵּןkên · soH3651
• he readקָרָאqârâ' · to call: read outH7121
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• the blessingבְּרָכָהberâkâh · blessingH1293
• and the curseקְלָלָהqelâlâh · curseH7045
• that is writtenכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• the Bookסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: bookH5612

Cross-references for Joshua 8:34

• Deuteronomy 31:10Then Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, at the time of the year of the release of debts, at the Feast of Booths,
• Nehemiah 8:2Then Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
• Nehemiah 9:3While they stood in their place, they read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God.
• Nehemiah 13:1On that day the Book of Moses was read aloud as the people listened; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite was ever to enter the assembly of God,
• Leviticus 26:1‘You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves a carved image or a memorial stone, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God.
• Deuteronomy 27:14The Levites shall then respond and say to all the people of Israel with a loud voice,
• Deuteronomy 28:1“Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I am commanding you today, that the Lord your God will put you high above all the nations of the earth.
• Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and His wrath will burn against that person, and every curse that is written in this book will lie upon him, and the Lord will wipe out his name from under heaven.
• Deuteronomy 30:15“See, I have placed before you today life and happiness, and death and adversity,

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

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• Ambush
• Ebal
• Gerizim
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• 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