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Joshua 8:33

in Joshua 8

All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.

KJV

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.

This verse in Joshua 8

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

All Israel - That is, the whole congregation, old and young, male and female. That side - Some on one side of it, and some on the other. Mount Gerizim - These two places were in the tribe of Ephraim, not far from Shechem, as appears both from scripture, and from other authors.

This site's exposition

over against mount Gerizim

The tribes stand as Deuteronomy 27:12-13 assigned them, six against Gerizim and six against Ebal, with the ark and the priests the Levites between the two halves. The stranger stands in the assembly beside the man born in Israel, which is the rule of Exodus 12:49 kept in the first covenant act inside the land. The ground is Shechem, where Abram built his first altar at Genesis 12:6-7, where Jacob bought his field at Genesis 33:18-20, and where Joseph's bones are buried at 24:32.

The words behind it

38 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH36055413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֡לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • וּזְקֵנָ֡יוand elders its

    uzekenavH2205178 times

  • וְשֹׁטְרִ֣ים׀and officials

    veshoterimH786025 times

  • וְשֹׁפְטָ֡יוand judges its

    veshofetavH8199202 times

  • עֹמְדִ֣ים[were] standing

    ʾomedimH5975521 times

  • מִזֶּ֣ה׀from this

    mizehH20881180 times

  • וּמִזֶּ֣ה׀and from this

    umizehH20881180 times

  • לָאָר֡וֹןof the ark

    laaronH727202 times

  • נֶגֶד֩before

    negedH5048151 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548750 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֜םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881291 times

  • נֹשְׂאֵ֣י׀[the] bearers of

    noseeiH5375656 times

  • אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727202 times

  • בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    berit-H1285284 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • כַּגֵּר֙as the sojourner

    kagerH161692 times

  • כָּֽאֶזְרָ֔חas the native

    kaezrachH249

  • חֶצְיוֹ֙half of it

    chetzyoH2677125 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • מ֣וּל[the] front of

    mulH413636 times

  • הַר־[the] mountain of

    har-H2022546 times

  • גְּרִזִ֔יםGerizim

    gerizimH1630

  • וְהַֽחֶצְי֖וֹand <the> half of it

    vehachetzyoH2677125 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • מ֣וּל[the] front of

    mulH413636 times

  • הַר־[the] mountain of

    har-H2022546 times

  • עֵיבָ֑לEbal

    ʾeivalH5858

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רjust as

    kaasherH8345497 times

  • צִוָּ֜הhe had commanded

    tzivahH6680494 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֣הMoses

    moshehH4872765 times

  • עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of

    ʾeved-H5650799 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • לְבָרֵ֛ךְto bless

    levarekhH1288330 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הָעָ֥םthe people

    haamH59711873 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • בָּרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃at the former [time]

    barishonahH7223182 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 4:18

    When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 3:15

      Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 31:12

    Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 4:10

      The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all…

    • Psalms 19:7–11

      The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

    • Deuteronomy 6:6–7

      These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.

    • Psalms 34:11–14

      Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 31:9

    So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 4:15

      When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…

    • Joshua 3:3

      and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 11:29

    When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 27:12–26

      “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

About Joshua

Joshua Burns the Town of Ai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joshua Burns the Town of Ai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.