Deuteronomy 27:1

Deuteronomy 27:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
• New International Version (NIV)Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all these commands that I give you today.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, "Keep the whole commandment that I command you today.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandments which I command you today.

Context of Deuteronomy 27:1

Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today. 2And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster. 3Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

Deuteronomy 27:1 word by word

וַיְצַ֤ו מֹשֶׁה֙ וְזִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר שָׁמֹר֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י מְצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם הַיּֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

• Then Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• and the eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• the peopleאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• Iאָֽנֹכִ֫י'ânôkîy · IH595
• todayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:1

• Deuteronomy 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 11:32be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
• Deuteronomy 26:16The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
• John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
• James 2:10Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:1

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Moses in a third discourse Deuteronomy 27:1-10; and by next prescribing the liturgical form after which the blessings and cursings should be pronounced Deuteronomy 27:11-26.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The law to be written on stones in the promised land. (1-10) The curses to be pronounced on mount Ebal. (11-26) Verses 1-10 As soon as they were come into Canaan, they must set up a monument, on which they must write the words of this law. They must set up an altar. The word and prayer must go together. Though they might not, of their own heads, set up any altar besides that at the tabernacle; yet, by the appointment of God, they might, upon special…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-102. it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan--"Day" is often put for "time"; and it was not till some days after the passage that the following instructions were acted upon. thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister--These stones were to be taken in their natural state, unhewn, and unpolished--the occasion on which they were used not admitting of long or elaborate preparation; and they were to be daubed over with…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 27:1

• Curse
• Government
• Instruction
• Obedience

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Moses
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Gerizim
• Plainly
• Reward
• Deuteronomy
• Education
• Elder in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings