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Both the foreigners living among them and the native-born were there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel. <a href="/nlt/joshua/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then all the Israelites—foreigners and native-born alike—along with the elders, officers, and judges, were divided into two groups. One group stood in front of Mount Gerizim, the other in front of Mount Ebal. Each group faced the other, and between them stood the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant. This was all done according to the commands that Moses, the servant of the LORD, had previously given for blessing the people of Israel. <a href="/esv/joshua/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> And all Israel, sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, to bless the people of Israel. <a href="/bsb/joshua/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel. <a href="/kjv/joshua/8.htm">King James Bible</a> And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. <a href="/nkjv/joshua/8.htm">New King James Version</a> Then all Israel, with their elders and officers and judges, stood on either side of the ark before the priests, the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the stranger as well as he who was born among them. Half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. <a href="/nasb_/joshua/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And all Israel with their elders, officers, and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the stranger as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at first to bless the people of Israel. <a href="/nasb/joshua/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> All Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the stranger as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had given command at first to bless the people of Israel. <a href="/nasb77/joshua/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the stranger as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had given command at first to bless the people of Israel. <a href="/lsb/joshua/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, the sojourner as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had given a command at first to bless the people of Israel. <a href="/amp/joshua/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> All Israel, the stranger as well as the native born [among them], with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on either side of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at first to bless the people of Israel. <a href="/csb/joshua/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> All Israel—resident alien and citizen alike—with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on either side of the ark of the LORD’s covenant facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded earlier concerning blessing the people of Israel. <a href="/hcsb/joshua/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> All Israel, foreigner and citizen alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on either side of the ark of the LORD&#8217s covenant facing the Levitical priests who carried it. As Moses the LORD&#8217s servant had commanded earlier, half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, to bless the people of Israel. <a href="/asv/joshua/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel. <a href="/erv/joshua/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the homeborn; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded, that they should bless the people of Israel first of all. <a href="/gwt/joshua/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> All the people of Israel, whether foreigners or native Israelites, the leaders, officers, and judges were standing on opposite sides of the ark. They faced the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the LORD's promise. Half of the people were in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal. Right from the beginning, the LORD's servant Moses had commanded the priests to bless the people of Israel this way. <a href="/gnt/joshua/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> The Israelites, with their leaders, officers, and judges, as well as the foreigners among them, stood on two sides of the LORD's Covenant Box, facing the levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood with their backs to Mount Gerizim and the other half with their backs to Mount Ebal. The LORD's servant Moses had commanded them to do this when the time came for them to receive the blessing. <a href="/isv/joshua/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> All Israel, both foreigners and citizens, together with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on opposite sides of the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD. Half stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half stood in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses, the LORD's servant had commanded at the first, so that they could bless the people of Israel. <a href="/msb/joshua/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel. <a href="/net/joshua/8.htm">NET Bible</a> All the people, rulers, leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the LORD's servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony. <a href="/nheb/joshua/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> All Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who carried the ark of the LORD's covenant, the foreigner as well as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the children of Israel. <a href="/wbt/joshua/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark, and on that side, before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. <a href="/web/joshua/8.htm">World English Bible</a> All Israel, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests, who carried the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, the foreigner as well as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joshua/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And all Israel, and its elderly, and authorities, and his judges, are standing on this [side] and on that [side] of the Ark, before the priests, the Levites, carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, the sojourner as well as the native, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and the half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses servant of YHWH had commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first. <a href="/ylt/joshua/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges, are standing on this side and on that of the ark, over-against the priests, the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the native, half of them over-against mount Gerizim, and the half of them over-against mount Ebal, as Moses servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first. <a href="/slt/joshua/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> All Israel and his old men and scribes, and his judges stood hence, and thence, to the ark before the priests the Levites, lifting up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, so the stranger as the native; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel in the beginning.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joshua/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And all the people, and the ancients, and the princes and judges stood on both sides of the ark, before the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, both the stranger and he that was born among them, half of them by mount Garizim, and half by mount Hebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. And first he blessed the people of Israel. <a href="/cpdv/joshua/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then all the people, and those greater by birth, and the commanders and judges were standing on both sides of the ark, in the sight of the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, with both the new arrival and the native born, one half part of them beside Mount Gerizim, and one half beside Mount Ebal, just as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed. And first, certainly, he blessed the people of Israel. <a href="/nabre/joshua/8.htm">New American Bible</a> And all Israel, resident alien and native alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on either side of the ark facing the levitical priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Half of them were facing Mount Gerizim and half Mount Ebal, just as Moses, the servant of the LORD, had first commanded for the blessing of the people of Israel. <a href="/nrsvce/joshua/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> All Israel, alien as well as citizen, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark in front of the levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joshua/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And all Israel and their elders and their scribes and their judges stood on this side of the ark, and on that side the priests and the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the natives as well as the sojourners; half of them toward mount Gerizim, and half of them toward mount Gebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded, that they should bless the people of Israel as before. <a href="/hpbt/joshua/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And all Israel and its Elders and its Scribes and its Judges stood from here and from there, on both sides of the ark next to the Priests, and the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of LORD JEHOVAH, half of them next to the Mountain of Garzim and half of them next to the Mountain of Gebal, just as Moshe the Servant of LORD JEHOVAH commanded to bless Israel as from former times<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joshua/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel. <a href="/sep/joshua/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And all Israel, and their elders, and their judges, and their scribes, passed on one side and on the other before the ark; and the priests and the Levites took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the stranger and the native were there, who were half of them near mount Garizin, and half near mount Gaebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded at first, to bless the people. <a href="/parallel/joshua/8-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=2062" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joshua/8.htm">Joshua Renews the Covenant</a> …32And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written. 33<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1616.htm" title="1616: kag·gêr (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A sojourner. Or geyr; from guwr; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner.">foreigners</a> <a href="/hebrew/249.htm" title="249: kā·’ez·rāḥ (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A native. From zarach; a spontaneous growth, i.e. Native.">and citizens alike,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: ū·zə·qê·nāw (Conj-w:: Adj-mpc:: 3ms) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">with their elders,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7860.htm" title="7860: wə·šō·ṭə·rîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- Active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly, a scribe, i.e. an official superintendent or magistrate.">officers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: wə·šō·p̄ə·ṭāw (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3ms) -- To judge, govern. ">and judges,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ō·mə·ḏîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">stood</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: miz·zeh (Prep-m:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">on both sides</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: ū·miz·zeh (Conj-w, Prep-m:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/727.htm" title="727: lā·’ā·rō·wn (Prep-l, Art:: N-cs) -- A chest, ark. Or laron; from 'arah; a box.">of the ark</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rîṯ- (N-fsc) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">of the covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: ne·ḡeḏ (Prep) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">facing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·wî·yim (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">the Levitical</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hă·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: nō·śə·’ê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">who carried</a> <a href="/hebrew/727.htm" title="727: ’ă·rō·wn (N-csc) -- A chest, ark. Or laron; from 'arah; a box.">it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2677.htm" title="2677: ḥeṣ·yōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Half. From chatsah; the half or middle.">Half of the people stood</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/4136.htm" title="4136: mūl (Prep) -- Or mowl; or mowtl; or mul; from muwl; properly, abrupt, i.e. A precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially opposite.">front</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: har- (N-msc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">of Mount</a> <a href="/hebrew/1630.htm" title="1630: gə·ri·zîm (N-proper-fs) -- A mountain in N. Isr. Plural of an unused noun from garaz, cut up; Gerizim, a mountain of Palestine.">Gerizim</a> <a href="/hebrew/2677.htm" title="2677: wə·ha·ḥeṣ·yōw (Conj-w, Art:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Half. From chatsah; the half or middle.">and half of them</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/4136.htm" title="4136: mūl (Prep) -- Or mowl; or mowtl; or mul; from muwl; properly, abrupt, i.e. A precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially opposite.">front</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: har- (N-msc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">of Mount</a> <a href="/hebrew/5858.htm" title="5858: ‘ê·ḇāl (N-proper-fs) -- An Edomite name. Perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be bald; bare; Ebal, a mountain of Palestine.">Ebal,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘e·ḇeḏ- (N-msc) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">the servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">had commanded</a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: bā·ri·šō·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: Adj-fs) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">earlier,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: lə·ḇā·rêḵ (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">to bless</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> 34Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-11.htm">Deuteronomy 27:11-13</a> On that day Moses commanded the people: / “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. / And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. <a href="/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11-12</a> when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel. / Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law. <a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Nehemiah 8:1-3</a> At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. / On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand. / So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law. <a href="/2_chronicles/34-30.htm">2 Chronicles 34:30-31</a> And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. <a href="/exodus/24-3.htm">Exodus 24:3-7</a> When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” / And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. / Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/31-9.htm">Deuteronomy 31:9-13</a> So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. / Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles, / when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel. ... <a href="/2_kings/23-1.htm">2 Kings 23:1-3</a> Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. / And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-29.htm">Deuteronomy 11:29</a> When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. <a href="/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1-8</a> Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today. / And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster. / Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/31-24.htm">Deuteronomy 31:24-26</a> When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end, / he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD: / “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you. <a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">1 Kings 8:1-3</a> At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. / And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim. / When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, <a href="/2_chronicles/6-12.htm">2 Chronicles 6:12-13</a> Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. / Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, <a href="/ezra/3-1.htm">Ezra 3:1-3</a> By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem. / Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God. / They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land. <a href="/acts/15-30.htm">Acts 15:30-31</a> So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and delivered the letter. / When the people read it, they rejoiced at its encouraging message. <a href="/acts/13-15.htm">Acts 13:15-16</a> After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.” / Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.all Israel<a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Joshua 23:2</a> And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:<a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1</a> And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.<a href="/deuteronomy/27-12.htm">Deuteronomy 27:12,13</a> These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: … priests<a href="/joshua/3-3.htm">Joshua 3:3,6,14</a> And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it… <a href="/joshua/4-10.htm">Joshua 4:10,18</a> For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over… <a href="/joshua/6-6.htm">Joshua 6:6</a> And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.stranger<a href="/exodus/12-49.htm">Exodus 12:49</a> One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.<a href="/leviticus/24-22.htm">Leviticus 24:22</a> Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.<a href="/numbers/15-16.htm">Numbers 15:16,29</a> One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you… Moses<a href="/joshua/8-30.htm">Joshua 8:30-32</a> Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, … <a href="/deuteronomy/11-29.htm">Deuteronomy 11:29</a> And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.<a href="/deuteronomy/27-12.htm">Deuteronomy 27:12</a> These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/7-6.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-13.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/joshua/5-5.htm">Born</a> <a href="/joshua/6-12.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/joshua/8-31.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/joshua/7-15.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/joshua/8-30.htm">Ebal</a> <a href="/joshua/8-10.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/joshua/4-12.htm">Half</a> <a href="/joshua/8-32.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-31.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/joshua/3-3.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/joshua/8-32.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/joshua/8-30.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/numbers/15-30.htm">Native</a> <a href="/joshua/3-2.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/joshua/6-20.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/joshua/8-31.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/joshua/8-22.htm">Side</a> <a href="/joshua/5-13.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-12.htm">Stranger</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/18-30.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/joshua/24-10.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Born</a> <a href="/joshua/22-3.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/joshua/8-35.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/joshua/9-6.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-22.htm">Ebal</a> <a href="/joshua/9-11.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/joshua/12-2.htm">Half</a> <a href="/joshua/8-35.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/joshua/8-35.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/joshua/11-17.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Native</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/joshua/21-19.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/joshua/9-23.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/joshua/9-1.htm">Side</a> <a href="/joshua/10-13.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/joshua/20-9.htm">Stranger</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 8</div>1. <a href="/joshua/8-1.htm">God encourages Joshua</a> 3. <a href="/joshua/8-3.htm">The plan whereby Ai was taken</a> 29. <a href="/joshua/8-29.htm">The king thereof is hanged</a> 30. <a href="/joshua/8-30.htm">Joshua builds an altar</a> 32. <a href="/joshua/8-32.htm">writes the law on stones</a> 33. <a href="/joshua/8-33.htm">and pronounces the blessings and curses</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This reflects the covenant community's openness to those who align themselves with the God of Israel, as seen in <a href="/exodus/12-49.htm">Exodus 12:49</a>, which states that there shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.with their elders, officers, and judges The presence of these leaders underscores the importance of the event. Elders, officers, and judges were responsible for maintaining order and justice within the community, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Deuteronomy 16:18</a>. Their involvement signifies the formal and legal nature of the covenant renewal ceremony.stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD The ark of the covenant symbolizes God's presence among His people. Its central position in the assembly signifies that God is at the heart of the covenant relationship. This echoes the centrality of the ark in other significant events, such as the crossing of the Jordan River in <a href="/joshua/3.htm">Joshua 3</a>.facing the Levitical priests who carried it The Levitical priests were responsible for the care and transport of the ark, as outlined in <a href="/numbers/4-15.htm">Numbers 4:15</a>. Their role as mediators between God and the people is highlighted here, emphasizing the importance of priestly intercession and the holiness required to approach God.Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal are geographically significant, located near Shechem. This setting fulfills the command in <a href="/deuteronomy/11-29.htm">Deuteronomy 11:29 and 27</a>:12-13, where blessings were to be pronounced from Mount Gerizim and curses from Mount Ebal. The physical division of the people symbolizes the choice between blessing and curse, life and death, as presented in <a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19</a>.as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier This reference to Moses underscores the continuity of leadership and the faithfulness to the covenant instructions given in Deuteronomy. Moses' role as the servant of the LORD is a title of honor, reflecting his unique relationship with God and his leadership in delivering the law.to bless the people of Israel The purpose of the assembly is to pronounce blessings, fulfilling the covenant promises. This act of blessing is a reaffirmation of God's covenant with Israel, reminiscent of the blessings pronounced by the patriarchs, such as in <a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a>, where God promises to bless Abraham and make him a blessing to all nations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/all_israel.htm">All Israel</a> This refers to the entire nation of Israel, including both native-born Israelites and foreigners living among them, emphasizing the inclusivity of God's covenant. 2. <a href="/topical/e/elders,_officers,_and_judges.htm">Elders, Officers, and Judges</a> These are the leaders and officials of Israel, representing the governance and judicial authority within the community. 3. <a href="/topical/a/ark_of_the_covenant.htm">Ark of the Covenant</a> A sacred chest that held the tablets of the Law, symbolizing God's presence and covenant with Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/l/levitical_priests.htm">Levitical Priests</a> Members of the tribe of Levi tasked with religious duties, including carrying the Ark and performing sacrifices. 5. <a href="/topical/m/mount_gerizim_and_mount_ebal.htm">Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal</a> Two mountains in the land of Canaan where the Israelites were commanded to pronounce blessings and curses, respectively, as part of a covenant renewal ceremony.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/covenant_renewal.htm">Covenant Renewal</a> The ceremony at Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal underscores the importance of renewing one's commitment to God's covenant. Believers today are called to regularly renew their commitment to God through prayer, worship, and obedience. <a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_in_worship.htm">Inclusivity in Worship</a> The inclusion of both foreigners and citizens highlights the universal nature of God's covenant. The church today should be a place where all are welcome to participate in the worship and community of God. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a> The presence of elders, officers, and judges emphasizes the role of leadership in guiding the community in faithfulness to God's commands. Christian leaders are called to lead with integrity and uphold God's standards. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_ark.htm">Symbolism of the Ark</a> The Ark of the Covenant represents God's presence and His promises. Christians are reminded that God's presence is with them through the Holy Spirit, guiding and empowering them in their daily lives. <a href="/topical/b/blessings_and_curses.htm">Blessings and Curses</a> The ceremony illustrates the consequences of obedience and disobedience. Believers are encouraged to choose obedience, knowing that it leads to blessings and a deeper relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 8</a> <a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_to_emulate_jesus.htm">What is the significance of Mount Ebal?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_agrapha_in_christianity.htm">What is the significance of Mount Gerizim?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_mount_gerizim_important.htm">What is the significance of Mount Gerizim?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_significance_of_mount_ebal.htm">What is the significance of Mount Ebal?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 33. - And all Israel (see <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Joshua 23:2</a>; <a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1, 2</a>). The word כל is used very loosely in Hebrew (see <a href="/genesis/4-14.htm">Genesis 4:14</a>). We need not, therefore, assume as a matter of course that the whole people, men, women, and children, were taken up to Shechem to behold this ceremony. It is quite possible that during all Joshua's marches and campaigns a large number of the people remained under guard at Gilgal (see <a href="/joshua/9-6.htm">Joshua 9:6</a>), which remained the headquarters of the Israelites until the country was subdued. All that is here meant is that a very great number of the people were gathered together, and that every tribe, every age, and each sex were largely represented at this important ceremony. And officers. Shoterim (see <a href="/joshua/1-10.htm">Joshua 1:10</a>). Half of them. Origen's explanation of the spiritual meaning of this passage is noteworthy, even though somewhat farfetched. He regards those of the tribes who stood on Mount Gerizim to bless, as the type of those who are led, not by fear of God's threatenings, but by a longing for God's promises and blessings; those who stood on Mount Ebal to curse, as the type of those who are driven by the fear of punishment to obey the will of God, and these finally attain salvation. The former, he adds, are the more noble of the two; but Jesus, who reads the hearts, gives each their proper station, and places some on Mount Ebal to curse, not that they themselves may receive the curse, but, by regarding the curse pronounced on sinners, may learn thereby how to escape it. Over against. אֶל־מוּל rather, "in the direction off" The command in <a href="/deuteronomy/27-12.htm">Deuteronomy 27:12</a> is that they shall stand upon the two mountains. No doubt certain representatives of the tribes stood on the mountain, and the rest of the people at the foot of the mountain, on either side of the valley, "crowding the slopes," as Canon Tristram says. The valley is narrow here, and the voice in mountainous regions, where the air is rarer, carries far. Under special circumstances, such as frosty weather, the voices of men crying their wares have been distinctly heard across the Humber in our own country. And in mountain passes, as any one who has travelled in them may easily ascertain, conversations may be carried on from opposite sides of a valley or ravine without the slightest difficulty. In this particular place Canon Tristram tell us ('Land of Israel,' pp. 149, 150) that when on Mount Gerizim he heard every word uttered by a man who was then driving his ass down Mount Ebal, and that afterwards two of his party recited the commandments antiphonally from the two sides of the valley without the least difficulty. <a href="/commentaries/joshua/8-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>All וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc foreigners כַּגֵּר֙ (kag·gêr) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1616.htm">Strong's 1616: </a> A guest, a foreigner and citizens alike, כָּֽאֶזְרָ֔ח (kā·’ez·rāḥ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_249.htm">Strong's 249: </a> A spontaneous growth, native with their elders, וּזְקֵנָ֡יו (ū·zə·qê·nāw) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> Old officers, וְשֹׁטְרִ֣ים ׀ (wə·šō·ṭə·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7860.htm">Strong's 7860: </a> A scribe, an official superintendent, magistrate and judges, וְשֹׁפְטָ֡יו (wə·šō·p̄ə·ṭāw) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate stood עֹמְדִ֣ים (‘ō·mə·ḏîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> To stand, in various relations on both sides מִזֶּ֣ה ׀ (miz·zeh) Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that of the ark לָאָר֡וֹן (lā·’ā·rō·wn) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_727.htm">Strong's 727: </a> A chest, ark of the covenant בְּרִית־ (bə·rîṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> A covenant of the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel facing נֶגֶד֩ (ne·ḡeḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before the Levitical הַלְוִיִּ֜ם (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> Levites -- descendant of Levi priests הַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest who carried נֹשְׂאֵ֣י ׀ (nō·śə·’ê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take [it]. אֲר֣וֹן (’ă·rō·wn) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_727.htm">Strong's 727: </a> A chest, ark Half [of the people stood] חֶצְיוֹ֙ (ḥeṣ·yōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2677.htm">Strong's 2677: </a> The half, middle in front מ֣וּל (mūl) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4136.htm">Strong's 4136: </a> Abrupt, a precipice, the front, opposite of Mount הַר־ (har-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country Gerizim גְּרִזִ֔ים (gə·ri·zîm) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1630.htm">Strong's 1630: </a> Gerizim -- a mountain in Northern Israel and half of them וְהַֽחֶצְי֖וֹ (wə·ha·ḥeṣ·yōw) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2677.htm">Strong's 2677: </a> The half, middle in front מ֣וּל (mūl) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4136.htm">Strong's 4136: </a> Abrupt, a precipice, the front, opposite of Mount הַר־ (har-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country Ebal, עֵיבָ֑ל (‘ê·ḇāl) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5858.htm">Strong's 5858: </a> An Edomite name as כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that Moses מֹשֶׁ֣ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver the servant עֶֽבֶד־ (‘e·ḇeḏ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant of the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had commanded צִוָּ֜ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order earlier בָּרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (bā·ri·šō·nāh) Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> First, in place, time, rank to bless לְבָרֵ֛ךְ (lə·ḇā·rêḵ) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse the people הָעָ֥ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joshua/8-33.htm">OT History: Joshua 8:33 All Israel and their elders and officers (Josh. 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