Chapter 27

1
Keep all Deut 4:1-3, Deut 11:32, Deut 26:16; Luke 11:28; John 15:14; 1Thess 4:1-2; Jas 2:10


2
on the day Deut 6:1, Deut 9:1, Deut 11:31; Josh 1:11, Josh 4:1, Josh 4:5-24

unto the Deut 27:3, Deut 26:1

great stones Ezek 11:19, Ezek 36:26

and plaster Houbigant and others are of opinion that the original words, wesadta othom beseed, should be rendered "thou shalt cement them with cement," because this was intended to be a durable monument. Some suppose that the writing was to be in relievo, and that the spaces were to be filled up by the mortar or cement; as is frequently the case with eastern inscriptions.


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thou shalt Josh 8:32; Jer 31:31-33; 2Cor 3:2-3; Heb 8:6-10, Heb 10:16

this law This law probably means only the blessings and curses mentioned in this and the following chapter; which indeed contain an epitome of the whole law.

a land Deut 6:8, Deut 26:9; Lev 20:24; Num 13:27, Num 14:8; Josh 5:6; Jer 11:5, Jer 32:22


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in mount Ebal The Samaritan text has in mount Gerizim; which has given rise to a violent controversy. Dr. Kennicott suppose that the Jews corrupted this passage out of their enmity to the Samaritans, who had their temple on mount Gerizim; while Dr. Parry and H. Verschuir defend the present reading. To the writings of these authors the reader is referred. Deut 11:29-30; Josh 8:30-33


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And there Exod 24:4; Josh 8:30-31; 1Kgs 18:31-32

thou shalt not Exod 20:25


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burnt offerings Lev 1:1-17; Eph 5:2


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peace offerings Lev 3:1-17, Lev 7:11-17; Acts 10:36; Rom 5:1, Rom 5:10; Eph 2:16-17, Eph 2:16-17; Col 1:20; Heb 13:20-21

rejoice Deut 12:7, Deut 12:12, Deut 16:11, Deut 16:14, Deut 26:10-11; 2Chr 30:23-27; Neh 8:10; Ps 100:1-2; Isa 12:3, Isa 61:3, Isa 61:10; Hab 3:18; Phil 3:3, Phil 4:4


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thou shalt Deut 27:3

very plainly Hab 2:2; John 16:25; 2Cor 3:12


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this day Deut 26:16-18; Rom 6:17-18, Rom 6:22; 1Cor 6:9-11; Eph 5:8-9; 1Pet 2:10-11


10
Deut 10:12-13, Deut 11:1, Deut 11:7-8; Lev 19:2; Mic 4:5, Mic 6:8; Matt 5:48; Eph 4:17-24; 1Pet 1:14-16, 1Pet 4:1-3


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upon mount Gerizim Mount Gerizim and mount Ebal being only separated by a narrow valley, not above a furlong broad, what was spoken with a loud voice on the one might be heard on the other (see note on Judg 9:7). It is probable, however, that the particle âl should be rendered by, as it frequently signifies; for when this direction was reduced to practice (Josh 8:33), it seems that the people did not stand on the mountains, but over against them in the plain. But the Talmud says, that six tribes went up on each, while the priest and Levites and the ark remained beneath. Deut 11:26-29; Josh 8:33-34; Judg 9:7

Simeon Gen 29:33-35, Gen 30:18, Gen 30:24, Gen 35:18


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mount Ebal Deut 27:4, Deut 11:29; Josh 8:33

to curse Heb. for a cursing

Reuben Gen 29:32, Gen 30:6-13, Gen 30:20, Gen 49:3-4


14
Deut 33:9-10; Josh 8:33; Neh 8:7-8; Dan 9:11; Mal 2:7-9


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Cursed be Deut 28:16-19; Gen 9:25; 1Sam 26:19; Jer 11:3

maketh Deut 4:16-23, Deut 5:8; Exod 20:4, Exod 20:23, Exod 32:1-4, Exod 34:17; Lev 19:4, Lev 26:1; Isa 44:9-10, Isa 44:17; Hos 13:2-3

an abomination Deut 29:17; 1Kgs 11:5-7; 2Kgs 23:13; 2Chr 33:2; Isa 44:19; Ezek 7:20; Dan 11:31; Matt 24:15; Rev 17:4-5

and putteth Gen 31:19, Gen 31:34; 2Kgs 17:19; Ps 44:20-21; Jer 23:24; Ezek 8:7-12, Ezek 14:4

And all Num 5:22; Jer 11:5, Jer 28:6; Matt 6:13; 1Cor 14:16

Amen To each of the curses the people were to say Amen, as well as to the blessings; to denote a profession of their faith in the truth of them, that they were the real declarations of the wrath of God; and an acknowledgment of the equity of these curses. It was such an imprecation upon themselves, as strongly obliged them to have nothing to do with those evil practices on which the curse is entailed. We read of those who entered a curse to walk in God's law. Neh 10:29. All the people, by saying this Amen, became bound one for another, that they would observe God's laws, by which every man was obliged, as far as he could, to prevent his neighbour from breaking these laws, and to reprove those that had offended, lest they should bear sin and the curse for them.


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Deut 21:18-21; Exod 20:12, Exod 21:17; Lev 19:3; Prov 30:11-17; Ezek 22:7; Matt 15:4-6


17
Deut 19:14; Prov 22:28, Prov 23:10-11


18
Lev 19:14; Job 29:15; Prov 28:10; Isa 56:10; Matt 15:14; Rev 2:14


19
Deut 10:18, Deut 24:17; Exod 22:21-24, Exod 23:2, Exod 23:8-9; Ps 82:2-4; Prov 17:23, Prov 31:5; Mic 3:9; Mal 3:5


20
Deut 22:30; Gen 35:22, Gen 49:4; Lev 18:8, Lev 20:11; 2Sam 16:22; 1Chr 5:1; Ezek 22:10; Amos 2:7; 1Cor 5:1


21
Exod 22:19; Lev 18:23, Lev 20:15


22
Lev 18:9, Lev 20:17; 2Sam 13:1, 2Sam 13:8-14; Ezek 22:11


23
Lev 18:17, Lev 20:14


24
Deut 19:11-12; Exod 20:13, Exod 21:12-14; Lev 24:17; Num 35:31; 2Sam 3:27, 2Sam 11:15-17; 2Sam 12:9-12, 2Sam 13:28, 2Sam 20:9-10


25
Deut 10:17, Deut 16:19; Exod 23:7-8; Ps 15:5; Prov 1:11-29; Ezek 22:12-13; Mic 3:10-11, Mic 7:2-3; Matt 26:15, Matt 27:3-4; Acts 1:18


26
Cursed Deut 27:15, Deut 28:15-68; Ps 119:21; Matt 25:41; 1Cor 16:22

confirmeth Jer 11:3-5; Ezek 18:24; Rom 3:19-20, Rom 10:5; Gal 3:10


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