The account of this solemnity is very brief. An acquaintance with Deuteronomy 27 is evidently presupposed, and the three distinct acts of which the…

THE LAW SET UP IN THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY.

Then Joshua built. —The word then is not “an…

Then Joshua built an altar. God was pleased that this should be the first extraordinary sacrifice offered to him in the land of Canaan, so…

Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in
Mount Ebal .

As was comma…

As soon as Joshua reached the mountains Ebal and Gerizim, without delay and regardle of the unsettled state of Israel or their enemies, he confirme…