Deuteronomy 27:4-26 ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:1-10

Very plainly. These words, "very plainly," suggest three lines of thought. I. THEY SHOW SOMETHING THAT WAS ORDERED TO BE , viz. that the Law of God was to be written very plainly, as the permanent, standard expression of right, to which the people might appeal. It was not to be left to a floating tradition. To no such risks would God expose his teaching. There was no priesthood in Israel which had any monopoly of knowledge. The words were to be so clearly and accurately... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:1-10

Safeguards for obedience. The enthusiasm of Moses for God's Law is admirable, and no less admirable is his earnest desire for Israel's prosperity. That self-forgetful zeal for others' good was one main qualification in Moses to be the vehicle of God's revealed will. With singular sagacity, Moses presses into the earliest service, for the promulgation of Divine Law, the people themselves. The very stones of Canaan were to be written over with the substance of the Law, and in this way were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:1-10

Law-abiding people. We have here a direction about writing, upon great stones in Mount Ebal, the words of the Divine Law. Whether this meant only the blessings and curses, as Josephus thinks, or an abstract of Deuteronomy, or only the ten commandments, we cannot tell. But the idea implied is similar to the writing of the Decalogue in stone; it was to render fixed the Law on which the national policy was to rest. In other words, it was a symbolic way of declaring that Israel will be a... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:4

The stones were to be set up on Mount Ebal (cf. Deuteronomy 11:29 ). The Samaritan Codex and Version have Gerizim here, in place of Ebal; but though some critics have accepted this, it is generally regarded as an arbitrary alteration introduced to favor Samaritan pretensions (see the exhaustive and conclusive Dissertation of Gesenius, 'De Pentat. Samarit'). All the ancient versions, as well as all the Hebrew manuscripts, support the received text. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:5-7

Besides the monumental stones, an altar of whole stones, on which no tool had passed (cf. Exodus 20:22 ) was to be erected, and burnt offerings and peace offerings were to be presented as at the establishment of the covenant at Sinai, followed by the statutory festive entertainment (cf. Exodus 24:5 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:8

The injunction to write the Law on the stones is repeated, with the addition that it was to be done very plainly ( LXX ; σαφῶς σφόδρα : Vulgate, plane et lucide), which shows that the main purpose of setting up the stones was that the Law might be easily known by the people (cf. Habakkuk 2:2 ). The stones and the altar were fittingly placed on Ebal, the mount of cursing. For the setting up of the stones on which the Law was inscribed, and the building beside them of the altar, was... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:9

Take heed; literally, Be silent; LXX ; σιώπα , with silent attention listen (cf. Zechariah 2:13 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:9-10

When Israel renewed the covenant with the Lord, by solemnly setting up the Law in Canaan, it became thereby the nation of God, and bound itself at the same time to hearken to the voice of the Lord, and keep his commandments, as it had already done (cf. Deuteronomy 26:17 , Deuteronomy 26:18 ; Micah 4:5 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:9-10

A people of God. I. A PEOPLE BOUND TO GOD BY MANY TIES . Both by what God had done for them, and by the vows which, on different occasions, they had taken on themselves. They were his by covenant with the fathers. He had made them his by redemption from Egypt. He had covenanted with them at Sinai. The covenant being broken, he had, at Moses' intercession, graciously renewed it. He had kept covenant with the children, even when rejecting the fathers. Thirty-eight years he... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:11-14

Having set up the Law and renewed the covenant in Canaan, Israel was to proclaim upon the land the blessing and the curse of the Law, as already commanded (see Deuteronomy 11:29 ). For this purpose six tribes were to station themselves on Mount Gerizim, and six on Mount Ebal, the former to pronounce the blessing, the latter the curse. (On the situation of these two mountains, see at eh. Deuteronomy 11:29 .) The six tribes by whom the blessing was to be pronounced were Simeon, Levi, Judah,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:5-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 27:11-14

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