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 afterwards he read all the words of the law
Not the whole Pentateuch, nor the whole book of Deuteronomy, but eit…

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…