Christian Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 27:3
3Write all the words of this law on the stones after you cross to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.
Deuteronomy 27:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you cross over to enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have crossed over, that you may enter the land which the Lord your God is giving you, ‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ just as the Lord God of your fathers promised you.
Context of Deuteronomy 27:3
1Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, “Keep every command I am giving you today. 2When you cross the Jordan into the land the Lord your God is giving you, set up large stones and cover them with plaster. Write all the words of this law on the stones after you cross to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. 4When you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to cover them with plaster. 5Build an altar of stones there to the Lord your God — do not use any iron tool on them.
Read all of Deuteronomy 27Deuteronomy 27:3 word by word
וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ עֲלֵיהֶ֗ן אֶֽת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֛י הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את בְּעָבְרֶ֑ךָ לְמַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ תָּבֹ֨א אֶל־הָאָ֜רֶץ אֲֽשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֣יךָ׀ נֹתֵ֣ן לְךָ֗ אֶ֣רֶץ זָבַ֤ת חָלָב֙ וּדְבַ֔שׁ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And thou shalt writeכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
- upon them all the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- of this lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
- when thou art passed overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- that thou mayest go inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- unto the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- givethנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- that flowethזוּבzûb · to flow: flowingH2100
- with milkחָלָבchâlâb · milkH2461
- and honeyדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706
- of thy fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- hath promisedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:3
- Joshua 8:32There on the stones, Joshua copied the law of Moses, which he had written in the presence of the Israelites.
- Jeremiah 31:31“Look, the days are coming” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- 2 Corinthians 3:2You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
- Hebrews 8:6But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been established on better promises.
- Hebrews 10:16This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, the Lord says, I will put my laws on their hearts and write them on their minds,
- Deuteronomy 6:8Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead.
- Deuteronomy 26:9He led us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Leviticus 20:24And I promised you: You will inherit their land, since I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God who set you apart from the peoples.
- Numbers 13:27They reported to Moses, “We went into the land where you sent us. Indeed it is flowing with milk and honey, and here is some of its fruit.
- Numbers 14:8If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and give it to us.
- Joshua 5:6For the Israelites wandered in the wilderness forty years until all the nation’s men of war who came out of Egypt had died off because they did not obey the Lord. So the Lord vowed never to let them see the land he had sworn to their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Jeremiah 11:5in order to establish the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is today.’” I answered, “Amen, Lord.”
- Jeremiah 32:22You gave them this land you swore to give to their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3All the words of this law - After all that has been said by ingenious critics concerning the law ordered to be written on these stones, some supposing the whole Mosaic law to be intended, others, only the decalogue, I am fully of opinion that the (תורה torah ) law or ordinance in question simply means the blessings and curses mentioned in this and in the following chapter; and indeed these contained a very good epitome of the whole law in all its promises…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3All the words of this law - i. e. all the laws revealed from God to the people by Moses, regarded by the Jews as 613 (compare Numbers 15:38 note). The exhibition of laws in this manner on stones, pillars, or tables, was familiar to the ancients. The laws were probably graven in the stone (“very plainly,” Deuteronomy 27:8 is by some rendered “scoop it out well”), as are for the most part the Egyptian hieroglyphics, the “plaister” being afterward added to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3all the words of this law (all the words of this torah): This phrase might refer to the whole book of Deuteronomy. But considering the small surface on which the text was to be inscribed, it probably just refers to the Ten Commandments (27:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law--It might be, as some think, the Decalogue; but a greater probability is that it was "the blessings and curses," which comprised in fact an epitome of the law (Jos 8:34).Read the comment
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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
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