Jos 8:30-32 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Josh 8:30-31: 8:30-31 Archaeologists have recently discovered an altar ... on Mount Ebal built of uncut stones and not shaped with iron tools. However, no inscription was found with it (8:32 ). • Burnt offerings and peace offerings were prescribed in the laws of sacrifice that God gave Moses while Israel was still at Mount Sinai (Lev 1 , 3 ). Moses gave specific commands for this ceremony (see Deut 11:26-32 ; 27:1

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‏ Joshua 8:30-32

Summary for Josh 8:30-31: 8:30-31 ^a Archaeologists have recently discovered an altar ... on Mount Ebal built of uncut stones and not shaped with iron tools. However, no inscription was found with it (8:32 ^b).

• Burnt offerings and peace offerings were prescribed in the laws of sacrifice that God gave Moses while Israel was still at Mount Sinai (Lev 1 ^c, 3 ^d). Moses gave specific commands for this ceremony (see Deut 11:26-32 ^e; 27:1–28:68 ^f).
8:32 ^g Joshua fulfilled Moses’ command to set up stones and coat them with plaster (Deut 27:2-8 ^h). After the plaster hardened, the instructions (Hebrew torah) would permanently be on public display at the first location where Israel formally worshiped the Lord after entering the land. The public display of laws occurred in other places; the best-known example is the famous Code of Hammurabi, which that king set up in Babylon.