Joshua 8 · Verse 30

Joshua 8:30

Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal,
Joshua 8:30, King James Version

Joshua 8:30 in other translations

BSBAt that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
WEBThen Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,
ASVThen Joshua built an altar unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
YLTThen doth Joshua build an altar to Jehovah, God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
DARBYThen Joshua built an altar to Jehovah the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
BBEThen Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,
WebsterThen Joshua built an altar to the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,

What does Joshua 8:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 8:30-31
30-31. Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal--(See on De 27:11). This spot was little short of twenty miles from Ai. The march through a hostile country and the unmolested performance of the religious ceremonial observed at this mountain, would be greatly facilitated, through the blessing of God, by the disastrous fall of Ai. The solemn duty was to be attended to at the first convenient opportunity after the entrance into Canaan (De 27:2); and with this in view Joshua seems to have conducted the people through the mountainous region that intervened though no details of the journey have been recorded. Ebal was on the north, opposite to Gerizim, which was on the south side of the town Sichem (Nablous).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 Then Joshua built an altar - This was done in obedience to the express command of God, Deu 27:4-8 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 8:30-35
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 people, as appointed, De 11; 27. We must not think to defer covenanting with God till we are settled in the world; nor must any business put us from minding and pursuing the one thing needful. The way to prosper is to begin with God, Mt 6:33. They built an altar, and offered sacrifice to God, in token of their dedicating themselves to God, as living sacrifices to his honour, in and by a Mediator. By Christ's sacrifice of himself for us, we have peace with God. It is a great mercy to any people to have the law of God in writing, and it is fit that the written law should be in a known tongue, that it may be seen and read of all men.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Joshua 8:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָ֣ז'azthenH227
יִבְנֶ֤הyiv.Nehhe builtH1129
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091
מִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achan altarH4196
לַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בְּהַ֖רbe.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022
עֵיבָֽל\׃'ei.ValEbalH5858

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Cross references for Joshua 8:30

  • Deuteronomy 27:4-6

    Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God:

  • Exodus 20:24

    An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

  • Genesis 8:20

    And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

  • Genesis 12:7-8

    And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
built an altar.
Ge 8:20; 12:7,8
in mount Ebal.Moses himself had twice given express orders for this solemnity; once De 11:29, 30, in which he pointed out the very place where it was to be performed; and again, at the 27th chapter, there is a renewal of the instructions to Joshua, with special reference to minute particulars. It was a federal transaction: the covenant was now renewed between God and Israel upon their taking possession of the land of promise, that they might be encouraged in the conquest of it, and might know upon what terms they held it, and come under fresh obligations to obedience.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 8:29

    And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

  • Joshua 8:30

    Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal,

  • Joshua 8:31

    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 offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.

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Joshua 8:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Josué edificó un altar á Jehová Dios de Israel en el monte de Ebal,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*Alors Josué bâtit un autel à l’ Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, sur la montagne d’Ébal,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Damals baute Josua dem Jehova, dem Gott Israels, einen Altar auf dem Berge Ebal,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tunc ædificavit Josue altare Domino Deo Israël in monte Hebal,