Deuteronomy 27:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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: ”

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The stones here named are not those of which the altar Deuteronomy 27:5 was to be built, but are to serve as a separate monument witnessing to the fact that the people took possession of the land...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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.....
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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: Thou shalt set t...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 2. On the day when ye shall pass over Jordan — Day here, as well as in the former verse, signifies time. See Joshua 8:30 . It is not said how many great stones they were to set up; n...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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: It shall...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ceremonies to be observed on reaching Canaan This chapter has probably been misplaced, as it seems to break the connexion between Deuteronomy 26 and Deuteronomy 28 . It ordains four ceremonies...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXVII. THE LAW TO BE ESTABLISHED IN CANAAN AS THE LAW OF THE LAND. (1) Moses with the elders. — Here joined in exhortation for the first time in this book. Keep. — Literally, to keep. Possi...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1-40 , Deuteronomy 27:1-26 ; Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ; Deuteronomy 29:1-29 ; Deuteronomy 30:1-20 . WITH the twenty-sixth chapter the entirely homogeneous c...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Curses upon Evildoers Deuteronomy 27:1-26 Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal were two masses of limestone rock, reaching 2700 and 2000 feet above the sea-level. Between them lay a beautiful valley, a...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We have here the record of something distinctive and arresting. Immediately after the close of the second discourse containing a r6sum6 I of laws, Moses and the elders commanded the people that after...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If the Reader will recollect, similar methods of perpetuating the law of GOD, were observed after the delivery on Mount Sinai. Exodus 24:4 .
Deuteronomy 27:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall be, on the day when you shall pass over Jordan ,.... Not the precise day exactly, but about that time, a little after they passed that river, as soon as they conveniently could; for it...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 p...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

On the day Here it is evident the word day does not signify precisely the very same day they passed over, but some indefinite time after, namely, as soon as they were come to mount Ebal, ( Deuter...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A MEMORIAL ON MOUNT EBAL (vs.1-10) With the directive again to keep all the commandments of the Lord, Moses gave Israel instructions, when they get into the land, to set up large stones coated wi...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Exhibition of the Law. B. C. 1451. 1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded t...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

On that day, i.e. about that time, for it was not done till some days after their passing over. Day is oft put for time , as hath been noted before. Plaister them with plaister, for convenienc...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

e-Sword Note: For the section, "Deuteronoomy 27 Paraellels Exodus 24 ", see the chapter comments. For the section, "Shechem Was To Be The First ‘Place (Maqom) Which Yahweh Shall Choose', "...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—Connect this chapter with Deuteronomy 27:16 of preceding one, where Moses concludes discourse on plains of Moab. Here he dwells on sanctions of the law and sets forth in striking...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 27:2 . Great stones, thought to be twelve in each pillar; they wrote the curses on the one pillar, and the blessings on the other. Deuteronomy 27:3 . Thou shalt write upon them all...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

That thou shalt set up great stones. Memorial pillars On the boundary line between European and Siberian Russia there is a square pillar of brick bearing on one side the coat-of-arms belonging...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART III .— THIRD DISCOURSE OF MOSES . THE COVENANT RENEWED . CHAPTERS 27-30. EXPOSITION Deuteronomy 27:1-5 . INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE PUBLISHING OF THE LAW IN...
Deuteronomy 27:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Stone Monument
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 11:31 ; Deuteronomy 6:1 ; Deuteronomy 9:1 ; Deuteronomy 26:1 ; Deuteronomy 27:3 ; Ezekiel 11:19 ; Ezekiel 36:26 ; Joshua 1:11 ; Joshua 4:1 ; Joshua 4:5-24
Deuteronomy 27:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

On that day — About that time, for it was not done 'till some days after their passing over.

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 27:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 27:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 27:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 27:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 27:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 27:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 27:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 27:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes