And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: Ver. 2. _And plaster them with plaster._] That they might have it in white and black.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, [that] ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. Ver. 4. _In mount Ebal._] Where the curse was denounced, Deu 27:13 to signify, that those that sought salvation in the law... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up [any] iron [tool] upon them. Ver. 5. _Thou shalt build an altar._] For burnt offerings, &c. Deu 27:6-7 God teacheth them thereby, that righteousness, impossible to the law, was to be sought in Chri... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. Ver. 8. _All the words of this law very plainly._] Therefore it could not be all Deuteronomy, much less all Moses's books, as some have thought; for what stones could suffice for such a work? Unless they could write as clo... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen._ Ver. 15. _Cursed be he, &c._] The blessings are not mentioned by Moses; that w... [ Continue Reading ]
Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. Ver. 16. _That setteth light._] That despises, undervalues, not only that curses, as Exodus 21:17 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. Ver. 24. _That smiteth._] Either with violent hand or virulent tongue. Jer 28:16-17... [ Continue Reading ]
Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. Ver. 25. _Cursed be he that taketh reward._] Among the Romans, by the law of the twelve tables, it was death without any deliverance. The psalmist doometh this sin with exclusion out of heaven. Psa 15:... [ Continue Reading ]
Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not [all] the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. Ver. 26. _Cursed._] _Aut faciendum, aut patiendum._ Men must either have the direction of the law, or the correction.... [ Continue Reading ]