Joshua 8:33

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Moses had said that everyone in Israel was to go to the valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, where they were to be blessed. So everyone went there, including the foreigners, the leaders, officials, and judges. Half of the people stood on one side of the valley, and half on the other side, with the priests from the Levi tribe standing in the middle with the sacred chest. Then in a loud voice, Joshua read the blessings and curses from The Book of the Law of Moses.

Cross References

Exodus 12:49

This law applies both to native Israelites and to those foreigners who live among you.

Leviticus 24:22

I am the LORD your God, and I demand equal justice both for you Israelites and for those foreigners who live among you.

Numbers 15:15

This law will never change. I am the LORD, and I consider all people the same, whether they are Israelites or foreigners living among you.

Numbers 15:29

The law will be the same for anyone who does wrong without meaning to, whether an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.

John 4:20

My ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say Jerusalem is the only place to worship.”

Deuteronomy 11:29

After the LORD your God helps you take the land, you must have a ceremony where you announce his blessings from Mount Gerizim and his curses from Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 31:12

Everyone must come—men, women, children, and even the foreigners who live in your towns. And each new generation will listen and learn to worship the LORD their God with fear and trembling and to do exactly what is said in God's Law.

Deuteronomy 31:25

then he went to the Levites who carried the sacred chest and said:

Deuteronomy 31:9

Moses wrote down all these laws and teachings and gave them to the priests and the leaders of Israel. The priests were from the Levi tribe, and they carried the sacred chest that belonged to the LORD.

Joshua 23:2

One day he called a meeting of the leaders of the tribes of Israel, including the old men, the judges, and the officials. Then he told them: I am now very old.

Joshua 24:1

Joshua called the tribes of Israel together for a meeting at Shechem. He made the leaders, including the old men, the judges, and the officials, come up and stand near the sacred tent.

Joshua 3:14

The Israelites packed up and left camp. The priests carrying the chest walked in front,

Joshua 3:3

shouting, “When you see some of the priests carrying the sacred chest, you'll know it is time to cross to the other side. You've never been there before, and you won't know the way, unless you follow the chest. But don't get too close! Stay about a kilometre back.”

Joshua 3:6

Then Joshua turned to the priests and said, “Take the chest and cross the River Jordan ahead of us.” So the priests picked up the chest by its carrying poles and went on ahead.

Joshua 4:10

The army got ready for battle and crossed the Jordan. They marched quickly past the sacred chest and into the desert near Jericho. Forty thousand soldiers from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh led the way, as Moses had ordered. The priests stayed where they were until the army had followed the orders that the LORD had given Moses and Joshua. Then the army watched as the priests carried the chest the rest of the way across.

Joshua 6:6

Joshua called the priests together and said, “Take the chest and make seven priests carry trumpets and march ahead of it.”