Joshua 8:34
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.
Joshua 8:34 in other translations
| BSB | Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| 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. |
| YLT | And afterwards he hath proclaimed all the words of the law, the blessing and the reviling, according to all that is written in the book of the law; |
| DARBY | And afterwards 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. |
| 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 | 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. |
What does Joshua 8:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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…
Joshua 8:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 8:34
- Nehemiah 8:2-3
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
- Nehemiah 13:1
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
- Deuteronomy 31:10-12
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
- Deuteronomy 29:20-21
The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
- Deuteronomy 30:15-20
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. …
- Nehemiah 9:3
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.
- Leviticus 26:1-46
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. …
- Joshua 1:8
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
- Deuteronomy 27:14-28:68
And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 31:10-12; Ne 8:2,3; 9:3; 13:1
blessings.
Le 26:1-46; De 27:14-26; 28:1-68; 29:20,21; 30:15-20
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Context
- Joshua 8:33
And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
- Joshua 8:34
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.
- Joshua 8:35
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.
Joshua 8:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Después de esto, leyó todas las palabras de la ley, las bendiciones y las maldiciones, conforme á todo lo que está escrito en el libro de la ley. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et après cela il lut toutes les paroles de la loi, la bénédiction et la malédiction, selon tout ce qui est écrit dans le livre de la loi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und danach las er alle Worte des Gesetzes, den Segen und den Fluch, nach allem, was im Buche des Gesetzes geschrieben ist. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Post hæc legit omnia verba benedictionis et maledictionis, et cuncta quæ scripta erant in legis volumine. |