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Joshua 8

Joshua 8:35

Joshua Renews the Covenant · Joshua 8:30–35
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Translations

Modern
There 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.
Traditional
There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
Literal
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourner who was living among them.
Latin
Nihil ex his quæ Moyses jusserat, reliquit intactum, sed universa replicavit coram omni multitudine Israël, mulieribus ac parvulis, et advenis qui inter eos morabantur.

Original

Hebrew
English
There 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.

Notes

Joshua 8:35

  • Old Testament religion was not limited to the men of Israel. The entire assembly included women and children.

  • the foreigners who lived among them: The Israelites included those who left Egypt with them during the exodus (Exodus 12:38, 48–49). These converts accepted the Lord as their God. They joined Israel after seeing the great things God had done for them.

Joshua 8:33–35

This ceremony marked the official claiming of the land, even though major battles against the people of Canaan were still ahead. The sacrifice ceremony and reading of the law of Moses emphasized God's covenant promises and obligations. It also anticipated the eventual possession of all of Canaan.

Events

Parallels

Deuteronomy 27:1–10

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Covenant Jeroboam Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judah, Tribe of Judges, Book of Mount Gerizim Shechem (Place) Tribe of Dan

Topics

Children: Instruction of Children: Worship, Attend Divine Commandments: General Scriptures Concerning Instruction of Children Law: Curses of, Responsively Read by Levites and People at Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim Law: Engraved Upon Monuments Strangers in Israel: Laws Respecting: To Have the Law Read to Them The Law of Moses: Publicly Read by Joshua Woman were Required to Hear and Obey the Law Women: Required to Attend to the Reading of the Law of Moses Word of God: To be Read Publicly Word of God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Worship: On Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal Worship: The Word of God Read in Public Assemblies