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Joshua 8:35

in Joshua 8

There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners that were among them.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Joshua 8

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Read not - Therefore he read not the blessings and curses only, as some think, but the whole law, as the manner was when all Israel, men and women, were assembled together, or the ten commandments.

This site's exposition

he read all the words

on Joshua 8:34-35

Deuteronomy 11:29 and 27:11-26 set this ceremony up, and these two verses are the one place in Scripture that records it carried out. Verse 35 lists who heard it, the women and the little ones and the strangers that were conversant among them, which is exactly the assembly Deuteronomy 31:12 named for the reading of the law. The passage sits in different places in the different witnesses, after 9:2 in the Greek and earlier still in one of the Qumran scrolls of Joshua, and what differs is where the account stands in the book rather than what it reports.

The words behind it

20 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.

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הָיָ֣הit was

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • דָבָ֔רanything

    davarH1697 →1440 times

  • מִכֹּ֖לfrom all

    mikolH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • צִוָּ֣הhe had commanded

    tzivahH6680 →494 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֑הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • קָרָ֜אhe read aloud

    kara'H7121 →733 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַJoshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • נֶ֣גֶדbefore

    negedH5048 →151 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • קְהַ֤ל[the] assembly of

    kehalH6951 →

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וְהַנָּשִׁ֣יםand the women

    vehanashimH802 →781 times

  • וְהַטַּ֔ףand the little one[s]

    vehatafH2945 →

  • וְהַגֵּ֖רand the sojourner[s]

    vehagerH1616 →92 times

  • הַהֹלֵ֥ךְwho went

    haholekhH1980 →1546 times

  • בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃ פin midst their

    bekirbamH7130 →227 times

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

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 31:12Assemble 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.6 worksNehemiah 8:2On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.4 worksJeremiah 26:2“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.3 worksDeuteronomy 29:11your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—2 worksEzra 10:1While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.2 worksActs 21:5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.2 worksJoel 2:16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.2 worksActs 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.1 worksDeuteronomy 4:2You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.1 worksExodus 12:38And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.1 works

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

    Ezra 10:1

    While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

    it leads to

    • Daniel 9:20

      While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

    • Psalms 119:136

      My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.

    • Romans 9:2

      I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

    • 1 Kings 8:30

      Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 8:2

    On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 23:24

      “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.

  • 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…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 26:2

    “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 4:2

      You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

    • Matthew 28:20

      and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

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

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