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Deuteronomy 27 - Introduction

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, Deuteronomy 27:1; where they are bid to erect an altar, and offer sacrifices on it, Deuteronomy 27:5; and are charged by Moses and the priests to obey the Lord, and keep his commandments, Deuteronomy 27:9; and a direction is given to each tribes which should stand and bless, and which curse, and where, Deuteronomy 27:11; and the curses which the Levites should pronounce with a loud voice, and the people should say Amen to, are recited, Deuteronomy 27:14; and the whole is concluded with a curse on all who in general do not perform the whole law, Deuteronomy 27:26.

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See also Deuteronomy 27 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DEUTERONOMY 27. Consists of five paragraphs loosely strung together, none of them having affinities of thought or expression with Deuteronomy 26 or Deuteronomy 28. Moreover Moses is no longer the spea...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    D. Chs. 27 30. Closing Enforcements of the Law _First_, directions as to rites on crossing the Jordan and at Shechem, contained in a composite ch., 27, which except in Deuteronomy 27:9 f. provides no...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _MOSES COMMANDS, THAT THE WORDS OF THE LAW BE INSCRIBED ON STONES UPON MOUNT EBAL; THAT AN ALTAR OF STONE BE BUILT THERE: THAT SIX OF THE TRIBES STAND UPON MOUNT GERIZZIM TO BLESS, AND SIX UPON MOUNT...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    SUMMARY OF CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Moses commands the people to write the law upon stones, when they shall come to the promised land, 1-3. And to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, 4; and to build an alt...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 plain, (e-21) The _ Arabah_ . so ver. 7; chs. 2.8; 3.17; 4.49; 11.30; Joshua 3:16 ; Joshua 18:18 ; Zechariah 14:10 ....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2553. B.C. 1451._ A command to wrote all the law upon stones, Deuteronomy 27:1. A charge to Israel to obey God, Deuteronomy 27:9; Deuteronomy 27:10. To pronounce a blessing on mount Gerizim,

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The people are commanded to write the Law vpon stones, 5 and to build an Altar of whole stones. 11 The Tribes diuided on Gerizzim and Ebal. 14 The curses pronounced on mount Ebal. 1 AND Moses wi...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * The law to be written on stones in the promised land. (1-10) The curses to be pronounced on mount Ebal. (11-26)...

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