Deuteronômio 27:2

2 E no dia em que passares o Jordão para a terra que o Senhor teu Deus te dá, levantarás umas pedras grandes e as caiarás.

Deuteronômio 27:2 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 27:2

And it shall be, on the day when you shall pass over Jordan,
&c.] Not the precise day exactly, but about that time, a little after they passed that river, as soon as they conveniently could; for it was not till after Ai was destroyed that the following order was put in execution; indeed as soon as they passed over Jordan, they were ordered to take twelve stones, and did; but then they were set up in a different place, and for a different purpose; see ( Joshua 4:3 Joshua 4:8 Joshua 4:9 ) ( 8:31 ) ;

unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set
thee up great stones;
not in Jordan, as Jarchi, but on Mount Ebal, ( Deuteronomy 27:4 ) ; nor had the stones set up in Jordan any such inscription as what is here ordered to be set on these:

and plaster them with plaster:
that so words might be written upon them, and be more conspicuous, and more easily read.

Deuteronômio 27:2 In-Context

1 Moisés, com os anciãos de Israel, deu ordem ao povo, dizendo: Guardai todos estes mandamentos que eu hoje vos ordeno.

2 E no dia em que passares o Jordão para a terra que o Senhor teu Deus te dá, levantarás umas pedras grandes e as caiarás.

3 E escreverás nelas todas as palavras desta lei, quando tiveres passado para entrar na terra que o Senhor teu Deus te dá, terra que mana leite e mel, como o Senhor, o Deus de teus pais, te prometeu.

4 Quando, pois, houverdes passado o Jordão, levantareis no monte Ebal estas pedras, como eu hoje vos ordeno, e as caiareis.

5 Também ali edificarás um altar ao Senhor teu Deus, um altar de pedras; não alçarás ferramenta sobre elas.