And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
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Gill's Exposition
And afterwards he read all the words of the law,.... Not the whole Pentateuch, nor the whole book of Deuteronomy, but either some parts of it, the decalogue, or whatsoever he had written on the…
The account of this solemnity is very brief. An acquaintance with Deut. 27 is evidently presupposed; and the three several acts of which the solemnity consisted are only so far distinctly named as is…
This religious solemnity of which we have here an account comes in somewhat surprisingly in the midst of the history of the wars of Canaan. After the taking of Jericho and Ai, we should have expected…
Cambridge Bible
the blessings and cursings "The twelve curses are directed against idolatry (Deu 27:15), contempt of parents (Deu 27:16), removing a neighbour's land-mark (Deu 27:17), inhumanity towards the blind,…
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