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

An altar ... in mount Ebal ... —This was explicitly commanded in Deuteronomy. The blessing was put on mount Gerizim, the altar and…

As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of
Israel, as it is written in the book of the l…

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…