Hawker's Poor man's commentary
Joshua 8:31
The Reader will find this command twice given. Deu_11:29-30; Deu_27:2. And what day so proper, as the day made remarkable by a plenitude of mercies!
The Reader will find this command twice given. Deu_11:29-30; Deu_27:2. And what day so proper, as the day made remarkable by a plenitude of mercies!
The account of this solemnity is very brief. An acquaintance with Deuteronomy 27 is evidently presupposed; and the three several acts of which the solemnity consisted are only so far distinctly named...
8. THE OVERTHROW OF AI CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The advance commanded (Joshua 8:1)_ 2. The strategy of Joshua (Joshua 8:3) 3. Ai's defeat (Joshua 8:14) 4. Joshua's obedience ...
ALTAR ERECTED ON EBAL, THE LAW INSCRIBED AND READ. This comes in a strange place. The middle of Canaan has not yet been conquered, so that such a proceeding was impossible if our narrative is complete...
MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD. See note on Deuteronomy 34:5. CHILDREN. sons. AS. according as. BOOK OF THE LAW. See note on Exodus 17:14; Exodus 24:4. and App-47. So that Joshua had. copy of D
The Altar of Blessing and of Cursing 30. _Then Joshua built_ The passes being now secured, and the interior of the country rendered accessible, Joshua resolved to take advantage of the terror which th...
_an altar of whole_(or, "unhewn") _stones_ Thus the Law required in general (Exodus 20:25), and in this case it had been specially ordained....
_VER._ 31. _AND THEY OFFERED THEREON BURNT-OFFERINGS,_ &C.— They renewed for the third time the covenant with God, as has been elsewhere observed. See on Deuteronomy 27:10....
_The Altar Erected on Mount Ebal Joshua 8:30-35_ 30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal, 31 As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is...
_AS MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD COMMANDED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF MOSES, AN ALTAR OF WHOLE STONES, OVER WHICH NO MAN HATH LIFT UP ANY IRON: AND THEY OFFERE...
THE CONQUEST OF AI. THE COVENANT CONFIRMED UPON MT. EBAL 1-29. The Taking of Ai. Edersheim explains that Joshua detailed a corps of 30,000 men, of whom 5,000 were placed W. of Ai in a wood. The 25,000...
AS MOSES.. COMMANDED] see Deuteronomy 11:29, and, more fully, Deuteronomy 27. AN ALTAR OF WHITE STONES] see Exodus 20:25. BURNT OFFERINGS] representing entire oblation of the offerer to God: wholly co...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 8 V1 Then the *Lord spoke again. ‘Do not b...
AN ALTAR... IN MOUNT EBAL... — This was explicitly commanded in Deuteronomy. The blessing was put on mount Gerizim, the altar and the curse on mount Ebal. We do not hear elsewhere of any sacrifice on...
כַּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּה֩ מֹשֶׁ֨ה עֶֽבֶד ־יְהוָ֜ה א
CHAPTER XVII. EBAL AND GERIZIM. Joshua 8:30. COMMENTATORS on Joshua have been greatly perplexed by the place which this narrative has in our Bibles. No one can study the map, and take into account t...
RECORDING AND READING THE LAW Joshua 8:30 After the fall of Ai the war was suspended for a time. The divine hand restrained the Canaanites from interfering with Israel's obedience to the Mosaic code....
As the result of the severity of the discipline exercised in the case of Achan, the nation returned to obedience, and consequently Jehovah immediately uttered the word of reassurance to Joshua and the...
PAUSING FOR GOD IN THE MIDDLE OF VICTORY Joshua 8:1-35 Often, man holds himself guilty long after God has already wiped away the sin. It seems this was the case after Achan's sin had been removed fr...
Iron. Spencer complains that the Protestants have not translated barzel, "iron tool," as [in] Deuteronomy xxvii. 5. This translation is found in their more ancient editions of 1537-49, &c. (Kennicott)...
The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...
Chapter 8 exhibits the return of Israel to their strength in God. If all the people were compromised by Achan's sin, it was needful that they should be sensibly restored to confidence, that they shoul...
AS MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD COMMANDED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF MOSES,.... Deuteronomy 27:5; AN ALTAR OF WHOLE STONES, ON WHICH NO MAN HATH LIFT UP [ANY...
As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up [any] iron: and they offer...
1 God incourageth Ioshua. 3 The stratageme whereby Ai was taken. 29 The king thereof is hanged. 30 Ioshua buildeth an Altar, 32 writeth the Lawe on stones, 33 propoundeth blessings and cursings....
as Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the Law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron, Exodus 20:25....
BLESSING AND CURSE PROCLAIMED...
AI TOTALLY DESTROYED (vs.1-29) Now the Lord gives explicit instructions to Joshua as to attacking Ai. How different these were to the plans Joshua used at first! God tells Joshua not to be afraid, bu...
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 pe...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Joshua 8:31 Moses H4872 servant H5650 LORD H3068 commanded H6680 (H8765) children H1121 Israel H3478 written H3789 ...
Joshua 8:31 A ‘As Moses the servant of YHWH had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of hewn stones on which no man had lifted up any iron.' Jo...
CONTENTS: Conquest of Ai. The blessings and cursing of Ebal. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, king of Ai. CONCLUSION: The believer, clad in the whole armor of God, meeting the enemy of God as God directs, w...
Joshua 8:4. _Ye shall lie in wait:_ la ruse du guerre. The craft of war is lawful, if war itself be lawful; and experience is often of more avail than strength. Joshua 8:25. _Twelve thousand._ Here is...
_Then Joshua built _. .. _ an altar of whole stones._ THE PLASTERED ALTAR Let us behold in the story of Joshua’s altar in Mount Ebal the mirror of an honest Christian life. 1. It is well to recognis...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 8:1__ Having been defeated in Ai (ch. Joshua 7:1), Israel now follows God’s instructions and is successful....
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 8:30 For Moses’ instructions regarding the event recorded here, see Deuteronomy 27:1. Joshua carefully complies with these directions....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 8:30. Then Joshua built an altar] Those who regard this section of the chapter as misplaced in the book have surely not sufficiently considered the command given in Deuteronomy...
EXPOSITION THE COPY OF THE LAW.— JOSHUA 8:30 THEN JOSHUA BUILT AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL IN MOUNT EBAL. This passage has been pronounced to be an interpolation by Meyer, De Wette, Maurer,...
Then they went back to Ai, now this time under the direction of the Lord. Joshua sent part of the army around the other side of the city to hide in ambush. And then he said, "We'll come to the city li...
1 Kings 18:31; 1 Kings 18:32; 2 Chronicles 25:4; 2 Chronicles 35:12;...