John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 8:33

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark, and on that side, etc.] Some on Ebal, and some on Gerizim: before the priests and the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord; it being brought out of the tabernacle on this occasion, and bottle by the priests and Levites: as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; that is, as well the proselytes as the native Israelites, both appeared and were in the same situation: half of them over against Mount Gerizim; that is, half of the tribes, and these were Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin: and half of them over against Mount Ebal; which were the tribes of Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali; (see Gill on “<052712>Deuteronomy 27:1213); as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel, as in (<052712>Deuteronomy 27:12).

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