Joshua 8:33

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Summary

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.

All israel

Priests

1 Chronicles 15:11

Stranger

Moses

Joshua 8:30

Deuteronomy 11:29

Deuteronomy 27:12

General references

Numbers 6:23

Deuteronomy 27:14

Bible References

All israel

Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, "I am now old and well advanced in years.

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before God.

"When you have crossed over the Jordan, these shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

"You are standing today all of you before the LORD your God: the heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,

Priests

and commanded the people, "As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it.

For the priests bearing the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste.

So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD."

Then Moses wrote 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 David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,

Stranger

There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you."

You shall have the same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the LORD your God."

One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you."

Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law,

Moses

At that time Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,

And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

"When you have crossed over the Jordan, these shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

General references

"Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,

And the Levites shall declare to all the men of Israel in a loud voice: