Joshua 8:34

34 Then afterward * he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in ¹the 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 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.

33 All Israel with their elders and 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 given command at first to bless the people of Israel.

34 Then 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 had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel with the women and the little ones and the strangers who were living among them.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 1:8