Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 8:33

33 And all Israel , and their elders, and officers, and their judges stood on this side the ark, and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them: half of them over against mount Gerizim , and half of them over against mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

i. e. The whole Congregation, old and young, male and female, as it follows, v. 35.

i. e. Some on one side of it, and some on the other.

These two places were in the Tribe of Ephraim, not far from Shechem, as appears both from Scripture, Deut. 11. 29, 30. and 27. 12. Iudg. 9. 7. and from other Authors who lived in those parts, as Iosephus and the Iewish Doctors.

Or Curse, which is easily understood out of the following verse, and from Deut. 27. 13, &c.

Marginal references: Deut. 11. 29▪ and 27. 1[illegible: 1+ letters].