Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,
Cook pointed out that this is an exceedingly brief account of the observance of this grand ceremony, only the principal features of it being outlined, so that we may understand that it was completely observed.[38] Of course, most of the commentators rush in to tell us that "not the whole law" was read to the people.  Dummelow limited the portion read to the people as consisting of a mere two chapters from Deuteronomy.[39]  All such comments deny what is clearly stated here in  Joshua 8:35, that "there was not a word that Moses spoke, that was not read to the people."  As noted above, there is no reason whatever to limit this tremendous ritual to a single day, or even to a single week.  It has not been too long since Biblical enemies were affirming that "writing did not exist" in those days, but now it is known that the Code of Hammurabi (about 1700 B.C.), containing (1) its prologue; (2) 282 sections; and (3) the epilogue was written on stones, and those stones have now been discovered.[40]  Where then does the notion come from that the Law of Moses was too big to be written on stones?