on the day = in the day, or, when. See App-18 . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . stones: i.e. rough and unhewn. Compare Exodus 20:25 . plaister = gypsum. A hard white cement. read more
write. See note on Exodus 17:14 . Compare Joshua 8:30-32 . this law: i.e. which follows, viz. the blessings and curses. as = according as. read more
in mount Ebal. The stones, therefore, carried thither from Jordan. Ebal = heaps. read more
iron. Probably a technical name for a chisel, as we now associate it with a laundry or a prison. read more
very plainly. A useful hint for us = plainly and well. read more
Take heed = keep silence, or, take note. read more
commandments. In Hebrew text written singular, but read plural, as here. read more
THE THIRD ADDRESS OF MOSES (DEUT. 27-30)That this chapter is properly placed, that it is indeed from Moses, as is specifically claimed three different times in the chapter, and that it is a logical and necessary continuation of what has preceded - all of this is now considered a certainty by orthodox Christian scholars. It has been only a few short years since the critics were declaiming that: "This chapter, in the third person, is an interruption, a later addition, etc."[1] "It is clearly not... read more
"And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel: This day thou art become the people of God. Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.""This day thou art become the people of God ..." This indicates that these two verses were spoken by Moses and the Levites upon the same day as the oath of ratification reported in Deuteronomy 26. It was that oath that... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 27:1
And Moses. This is the beginning of the fifth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1 . this day. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26 . read more