Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel. New Revised Standard Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Hebal, built an altar Genesis 8:20 And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar. Genesis 12:7,8 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. . . . 11:29,30, in which he pointed out the very place where it was to be performed; and again, at the 27th chapter, there is a renewal of the instructions to Joshua, with special reference to minute particulars. It was a federal transaction: the covenant was now renewed between Gid and Israel upon their taking possession of the land of promise, that they might be encouraged in the conquest of it, and might know upon what terms they held it, and come under fresh obligations of obedience. Joshua 8:33 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. Context Joshua Renews the Covenant30Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Hebal,31As Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded the children of Israel, and it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of unhewn stones, which iron had not touched: and he offered upon it holocausts to the Lord, and immolated victims of peace offerings.… Cross References Deuteronomy 27:2 And when you are passed over the Jordan into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, thou shalt set up great stones, and shalt plaster them over with plaster, Deuteronomy 27:4 Therefore when you are passed over the Jordan, set up the stones which I command you this day, in mount Hebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster: Jump to Previous Altar Build Built Ebal Israel Joshua MountJump to Next Altar Build Built Ebal Israel Joshua MountLinks Joshua 8:30 NIVJoshua 8:30 NLT Joshua 8:30 ESV Joshua 8:30 NASB Joshua 8:30 Bible Apps Joshua 8:30 Biblia Paralela Joshua 8:30 Chinese Bible Joshua 8:30 French Bible Joshua 8:30 German Bible Alphabetical: altar an built Ebal God in Israel Joshua LORD Mount of on the Then to OT History: Joshua 8:30 Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh (Josh. Jos) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |