Joshua 8:34

Translations

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.

American King James Version (AKJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And after, he gave them all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, as it is all recorded in the book of the law;

Webster's Revision

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.

World English Bible

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.

English Revised Version (ERV)

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.

Barnes's Joshua 8:34 Bible Commentary

All the words of the law - See Deuteronomy 31:11 ff It would seem that Joshua, on the present occasion, must have read at least all the legislative portion of the Pentateuch before the people (compare on Deuteronomy 27:3). The terms of this verse cannot be satisfactorily explained as importing only the blessings and curses of Deuteronomy 27-28.

Wesley's Joshua 8:34 Bible Commentary

8:34 Afterward - After the altar was built, and the stones plaistered and writ upon. He read - That is, he commanded the priests or Levites to read, Deut 27:14. Blessings and cursings - Which words came in not by way of explication, as if the words of the law were nothing else besides the blessings and curses; but by way of addition, to note that these were read over and above the words of the law.

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