Deuteronômio 27:5

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

Deuteronômio 27:5 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 27:5

And there shall thou build an altar to the Lord thy God
On the same mountain, though not of the same stones. Jarchi's note is,

``after that (the setting up of the plastered stones) thou shalt bring from thence (from Jordan) others, and build of them an altar on Mount Ebal;''

but Josephus ^F20 places this altar not on Mount Ebal, but between that and Gerizim. This altar, he says, was ordered to be built towards the rising sun, not far from the city of Shechem, between two mountains, Gerizim and Ebal; but the text is express, that it was to be built where the stones were set up, which was on Mount Ebal, and there it was built, ( Joshua 8:30 ) ; an altar of stones; of whole stones, as in ( Deuteronomy 27:6 ) , not broken, nor hewed, but rough as they were when taken out of the quarry: thou shalt not lift up [any] iron [tool] upon them;
to hew them, and make them smooth; (See Gill on Exodus 20:25);

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 44.)

Deuteronômio 27:5 In-Context

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.

6 De pedras brutas edificarás o altar do Senhor teu Deus, e sobre ele oferecerás holocaustos ao Senhor teu Deus.

7 Também sacrificarás ofertas pacíficas, e ali comerás, e te alegrarás perante o Senhor teu Deus.