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A Public and Visible Law
Commentators like John Calvin and Matthew Henry emphasize that the law was written publicly on large, plastered stones to be highly visible. This was not a hidden document but a public declaration of Israel's covenant with God. Calvin notes that this made God's standard clear to both Israelites and foreigners, so that 'the stones themselves spoke clearly' of the God who was to be worshipped in the land.
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Joshua
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Albert Barnes
On Joshua 8:30–35
18th Century
Theologian
The account of this solemnity is very brief. An acquaintance with Deuteronomy 27 is evidently presupposed, and the three distinct acts of which the…
John Calvin
On Joshua 8:32
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Joshua 8:32
17th Century
Pastor
And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of
Moses
Not upon the stones of …
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Matthew Henry
On Joshua 8:30–35
17th Century
Minister
As soon as Joshua reached the mountains Ebal and Gerizim, without delay and regardless of the unsettled state of Israel or their enemies, he confir…