John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 8:31
As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses ,.... Deuteronomy 27:5 , an altar of whole stones, on which no man hath lift up any iron ; See Gill on Exodus 20:25 ; see Gill on Deuteronomy 27:5 , and; see Gill on Deuteronomy 27:6 , and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings ; by way of thanksgiving for the good land they were introduced into, and this was what... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 8:30-35
This religious solemnity of which we have here an account comes in somewhat surprisingly in the midst of the history of the wars of Canaan. After the taking of Jericho and Ai, we should have expected that the next news would be of their taking possession of the country, the pushing on of their victories in other cities, and the carrying of the war into the bowels of the nation, now that they had made themselves masters of these frontier towns. But here a scene opens of quite another nature;... read more