Deuteronomy 27:9-26 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:1-10

Here is, I. A general charge to the people to keep God's commandments; for in vain did they know them, unless they would do them. This is pressed upon them, 1. With all authority. Moses with the elders of Israel, the rulers of each tribe (Deut. 27:1), and again, Moses and the priests the Levites (Deut. 27:9); so that the charge is given by Moses who was king in Jeshurun, and by their lords, both spiritual and temporal, in concurrence with him. Lest they should think that it was Moses only, an... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:11-26

When the law was written, to be seen and read by all men, the sanctions of it were to be published, which, to complete the solemnity of their covenanting with God, they were deliberately to declare their approbation of. This they were before directed to do (Deut. 11:29, 30), and therefore the appointment here begins somewhat abruptly, Deut. 27:12. There were, it seems, in Canaan, that part of it which afterwards fell to the lot of Ephraim (Joshua's tribe), two mountains that lay near together,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:9

And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel ,.... The priests who were Levites, as all the priests that were lawful ones were; and there were none but such at this time, who were. Eleazar and Ithamar, and their sons; these joined with Moses in the following exhortations to the people of Israel, as being particularly concerned in instructing them in the knowledge of the laws, and in seeing them put in execution: saying, take heed, and hearken, O Israel ; to what was about... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:10

Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God ,.... In whatsoever he directs in his word, and by his prophets, and especially by his Son, eminently called the Word of the Lord: and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day ; See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:1 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:11

And Moses charged the people the same ,.... That he gave the above orders to set up stones, and plaster them, and write the law on them, and build an altar in the same place, and offer sacrifices when come into the land of Canaan: saying ; as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:12

These shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people , widen ye are come over Jordan ,.... Which was a mountain in Samaria opposite to Mount Ebal, a valley of a furlong broad lay between them F25 Vid. Maundrel's Journey from Aleppo, &c.; p. 59,62. ; and, according to Hillerus F26 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 168. , had its name from being broken off from that, they being, as it should seem, originally one mountain, and now two tops of the same; so Burchard; but others think it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:13

And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal curse ,.... Which was dry and rocky, barren and fruitful, and like the earth, that bears briers and thorns, is rejected and nigh unto cursing, and so a proper place to curse, and a fit emblem of those to be cursed; see Hebrews 6:8 , Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali ; four of these appointed for cursing were the children of the handmaids, Gad, Asher, Dan, and Naphtali; and since two were wanting, as Aben Ezra observes, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:14

And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel ,.... Rather, "answer F5 ענו "respondebunt", Montanus. and say"; not the whole tribe of Levi, for that stood on Mount Gerizim to bless, Deuteronomy 27:12 ; but the priests of that tribe who were placed in the valley, between the two mountains, and pronounced both the blessings and the curses in the hearing of all the tribes of Israel, to which they were to answer Amen; and that they might plainly hear, they expressed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:15

Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image ,.... The blessings and the form of them are not recorded, because they were not to be had from the law, and through obedience to it; and therefore there is a profound silence about them, to put men upon seeking for them elsewhere, and which are only to be had in Christ, especially spiritual ones; but we may suppose they were delivered in the same form, and respecting the same things as the curses, only just the reverse of them;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father, or his mother ,.... That secretly despises them in his heart, and by looks and gestures mocks at them in a private manner, unseen by others, Proverbs 30:17 ; for if he publicly cursed them, that was cognizable by the civil magistrate, and he was to be put to death, Leviticus 20:9 . This follows next, as in the order of the ten commands, to that which respects the fear and worship of God; honouring parents being next to the glorifying of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:1-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:11-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:16

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