diff --git a/x/blob/client/cli/payforblob.go b/x/blob/client/cli/payforblob.go
index 0cb82e69a5..dedf56b591 100644
--- a/x/blob/client/cli/payforblob.go
+++ b/x/blob/client/cli/payforblob.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const (
 
 func CmdPayForBlob() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use: "PayForBlobs namespaceID blobs",
+		Use: "PayForBlobs namespaceID path blobs",
 		// This example command can be run in a new terminal after running single-node.sh
 		Example: "celestia-appd tx blob PayForBlobs 0x00010203040506070809 0x48656c6c6f2c20576f726c6421 \\\n" +
 			"\t--chain-id private \\\n" +
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func CmdPayForBlob() *cobra.Command {
 			return nil
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			clientCtx, err := client.GetClientTxContext(cmd)
 			arg0 := strings.TrimPrefix(args[0], "0x")
 			namespaceID, err := hex.DecodeString(arg0)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -66,9 +67,42 @@ func CmdPayForBlob() *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			path := args[1]
+
+			_, err = parseSubmitBlobs(clientCtx.Codec, path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			// var blobs []*blob.Blob
+			// for i := range paresdBlobs {
+			// 	namespaceID, err := hex.DecodeString(paresdBlobs[i].NamespaceID)
+			// 	if err != nil {
+			// 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to decode hex namespace ID: %w", err)
+			// 	}
+			// 	namespace, err := getNamespace(namespaceID, namespaceVersion)
+			// 	if err != nil {
+			// 		return err
+			// 	}
+			// 	hexStr := strings.TrimPrefix(paresdBlobs[i].Blob, "0x")
+			// 	rawblob, err := hex.DecodeString(hexStr)
+			// 	if err != nil {
+			// 		fmt.Printf("failure to decode hex blob value %s: %s", hexStr, err.Error())
+			// 		continue
+			// 	}
+
+			// 	shareVersion, _ := cmd.Flags().GetUint8(FlagShareVersion)
+			// 	blob, err := types.NewBlob(namespace, rawblob, shareVersion)
+			// 	if err != nil {
+			// 		fmt.Printf("failure to create blob with hex blob value %s: %s", hexStr, err.Error())
+			// 		continue
+			// 	}
+			// 	blobs = append(blobs, blob)
+			// }
+
 			var blobs []*blob.Blob
 			// Skip the first argument as it's the namespaceID
-			blobArgs := args[1:]
+			blobArgs := args[2:]
 			for i := range blobArgs {
 				arg := strings.TrimPrefix(blobArgs[i], "0x")
 				rawblob, err := hex.DecodeString(arg)
diff --git a/x/blob/client/cli/test_blob.json b/x/blob/client/cli/test_blob.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0223a05d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/blob/client/cli/test_blob.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "Blobs": [
+        {
+            "namespaceID": "0x00010203040506070809",
+            "blob": "0x48656c6c6f2c20576f726c6421"
+        },
+        {
+            "namespaceID": "0x00010203040506070809",
+            "blob": "0x48656c6c6f2c20576f726c6421"
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x/blob/client/cli/util.go b/x/blob/client/cli/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9df3a867e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/blob/client/cli/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
+)
+
+type blobs struct {
+	Blobs []json.RawMessage
+}
+
+type blobJSON struct {
+	NamespaceID string
+	Blob        string
+}
+
+func parseSubmitBlobs(cdc codec.Codec, path string) ([]blobJSON, error) {
+	var content blobs
+
+	rawBlobs, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []blobJSON{}, err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(rawBlobs)
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(rawBlobs, &content)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []blobJSON{}, err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(content)
+
+	blobs := make([]blobJSON, len(content.Blobs))
+	for i, anyJSON := range content.Blobs {
+		var blob blobJSON
+		err := cdc.UnmarshalInterfaceJSON(anyJSON, &blob)
+		if err != nil {
+			return []blobJSON{}, err
+		}
+
+		blobs[i] = blob
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(blobs)
+
+	return blobs, nil
+}