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

And he wrote there upon the stones, etc. A different rule applies to the stones mentioned here, on which God wished that a memorial of his…

And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of
Moses
Not upon the stones of …

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…