The Witness of Joshua’s Altar

Joshua built an altar to the Lord on Mount Ebal as a place of worship and witness (Josh. 8:30–31). He constructed it using only uncut field stones, as Moses instructed (cf. Dt. 27:4–6). There Joshua and the priests conducted a covenant renewal ceremony with the new generation of Israelites who had not shared their parents’ experience at Mount Sinai (Josh. 8:32–35). In this ceremony, Jo