Joshua 8:30-35 (NASB)
30 Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel in Mount Ebal,
31 just as Moses, the servant of the LORD had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had wielded an iron tool; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.
32 And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the Law of Moses, which he had written, in the presence of the sons of Israel.
33 And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both side of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the stranger as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had given command at first to bless the people of Israel.
34 Then afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Jushua did not read before all the assembly of Israel with the women and the little ones and the strangers who were living among them.
Theme: Two Elements of Israel’s worship in the land which parallel our priorities in corporate worship so we might properly enter into it.
I. The worship in offerings – vv. 30-31
a. Joshua builds the altar to the LORD
1. To the LORD, the God of Israel – v. 30a
2. Location is “in” or “on” Mount Ebal – v. 30b
3. According to the command of Moses – v. 31a
4. Of uncut stones – v. 31b
b. Israel makes the offerings to the LORD
1. Burnt offerings – v. 31c
2. Peace offerings – v. 31c
II. Worship in receiving God’s Word: Three critical parts – vv. 32-35
a. Copying the Law – v. 32
b. Centrality of the ark – V. 33
C. Covenant renewal – priority of reading the Law – vv. 34-35
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