Joshua 8:34

34 And afterward ¹he read all the words of the law, ²the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.

Joshua 8:34 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 8:34

And afterwards he read all the words of the law
Not the whole Pentateuch, nor the whole book of Deuteronomy, but either some parts of it, the decalogue, or whatsoever he had written on the stones, and as follows:

the blessings and cursings, according to all that was written in the
book of the law;
( Deuteronomy 27:14-26 ) ( 28:1-6 ) ; (See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:11).

Joshua 8:34 In-Context

32 And there, in the presence of the people of Israel, he wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.

33 And all Israel, sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, half of them 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 the first, to bless the people of Israel.

34 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.

35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who lived among them.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 31:11; Nehemiah 8:2, 3; Nehemiah 13:1
• 2. Deuteronomy 30:19; See Deuteronomy 28:2-68