Deuteronomy 27:1

The Altar on Mount Ebal

1 The elders of Israel and I gave commands to the people. We said, "Obey all of the commands we're giving you today.

Deuteronomy 27:1 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 27:1

And Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people,
saying
The seventy elders, at the head of whom was Moses, which made the great sanhedrim, or council of the nation; Moses having recited all the laws of God to the people, these joined with him in an exhortation to them to observe and obey them:

keep all the commandments which I command you this day;
not in his own name, as being the supreme legislator, but in the name of the Lord, whom they had avouched to be their God and King, from whom he had received them.

Deuteronomy 27:1 In-Context

1 The elders of Israel and I gave commands to the people. We said, "Obey all of the commands we're giving you today.

2 "You will go across the Jordan River. You will enter the land the LORD your God is giving you. When you do, set up some large stones. Put a coat of plaster on them.

3 Write all of the words of this law on them. Do it when you have crossed over into the land the LORD your God is giving you. It's a land that has plenty of milk and honey. The LORD is the God of your fathers. He promised you that you would enter the land.

4 After you have gone across the Jordan, set up those stones on Mount Ebal. Put a coat of plaster on them. We're commanding you today to do that.

5 "Build an altar there to honor the LORD your God. Make it out of stones. Don't use any iron tool on them.