Deuteronomy 27:2-4

2 And on the day 1you cross over the Jordan to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and plaster them with plaster.
3 2And you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you cross over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, 3a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
4 And when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you today, 4on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.

Deuteronomy 27:2-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 27

In this chapter the people of Israel are ordered to write the law on plastered stones, and set them on Mount Ebal, De 27:1-4; where they are bid to erect an altar, and offer sacrifices on it, De 27:5-8; and are charged by Moses and the priests to obey the Lord, and keep his commandments, De 27:9,10; and a direction is given to each tribes which should stand and bless, and which curse, and where, De 27:11-13; and the curses which the Levites should pronounce with a loud voice, and the people should say Amen to, are recited, De 27:14-25; and the whole is concluded with a curse on all who in general do not perform the whole law, De 27:26.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Joshua 4:1
  • 2. Joshua 8:32
  • 3. See Exodus 3:8
  • 4. Deuteronomy 11:29; Joshua 8:30
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