Deuteronomio 27:5

5 Además, edificarás allí un altar al SEÑOR tu Dios, un altar de piedras; y no alzarás sobre ellas herramientas de hierro.

Deuteronomio 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.)

Deuteronomio 27:5 In-Context

3 y escribirás en ellas todas las palabras de esta ley, cuando hayas pasado, para entrar en la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da, una tierra que mana leche y miel, tal como el SEÑOR, el Dios de tus padres, te prometió.

4 Y sucederá que cuando pases el Jordán, levantarás estas piedras en el monte Ebal, como yo te ordeno hoy, y las blanquearás con cal.

5 Además, edificarás allí un altar al SEÑOR tu Dios, un altar de piedras; y no alzarás sobre ellas herramientas de hierro.

6 Construirás el altar del SEÑOR tu Dios de piedras enteras; y sobre él ofrecerás holocaustos al SEÑOR tu Dios;

7 y sacrificarás ofrendas de paz y comerás allí, y te alegrarás delante del SEÑOR tu Dios.