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Deuteronomy 27:1 open_in_new
And Moses. This is the beginning of the fifth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1.
this day. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26.
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Deuteronomy 27:2 open_in_new
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.. hard white cement.
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Deuteronomy 27:3 open_in_new
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.
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Deuteronomy 27:4 open_in_new
in mount Ebal. The stones, therefore, carried thither from Jordan.
Ebal. heaps.
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Deuteronomy 27:5 open_in_new
iron. Probably. technical name for. chisel, as we now associate it with. laundry or. prison.
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Deuteronomy 27:8 open_in_new
very plainly.. useful hint for us. plainly and well.
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Deuteronomy 27:9 open_in_new
Take heed. keep silence, or, take note.
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Deuteronomy 27:10 open_in_new
commandments. In Hebrew text written singular, but read plural, as here.
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Deuteronomy 27:12 open_in_new
Simeon. For order of tribes see App-45.
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Deuteronomy 27:14 open_in_new
speak, and say. Note idiom, usually rendered in New Testament "answer and say". The first verb is to be rendered according to the context. Here. "curse and say".
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Deuteronomy 27:15 open_in_new
Cursed. Figure of speech An aphor a. See App-6. "Cursed" twelve times.
any graven. a sculpture. Compare Deuteronomy 4:23.Leviticus 19:4.
Amen. Note the Figure of speech Epistrophe (see App-6), each clause ending with the same word "Amen. "
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Deuteronomy 27:16 open_in_new
setteth light. Compare Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 19:3.
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Deuteronomy 27:17 open_in_new
removeth. Compare Deuteronomy 19:14.
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Deuteronomy 27:18 open_in_new
the blind. Compare Leviticus 19:14.
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Deuteronomy 27:19 open_in_new
stranger. foreigner. These three put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species) for all kinds of afflicted. Compare Deuteronomy 24:17; Exodus 22:21; Exodus 22:22.Jeremiah 22:3.
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Deuteronomy 27:20 open_in_new
lieth. Compare Deuteronomy 22:30; Leviticus 18:8; Leviticus 20:11.
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Deuteronomy 27:21 open_in_new
beast. Compare Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 18:23; Leviticus 20:15.
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Deuteronomy 27:22 open_in_new
his sister. Compare Leviticus 18:9; Leviticus 20:17.
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Deuteronomy 27:23 open_in_new
mother in law. Compare Leviticus 18:17; Leviticus 20:14.
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Deuteronomy 27:24 open_in_new
smiteth. Compare Exodus 21:12.
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Deuteronomy 27:25 open_in_new
reward. bribe. Compare Deuteronomy 10:17; Deuteronomy 16:19; Exodus 23:7; Exodus 23:8; Psalms 15:5.
person. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Deuteronomy 27:26 open_in_new
confirmeth not. Compare Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 28:15.Jeremiah 11:3-5.Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:10.
all. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, have this "all" in the text.