God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 27:3
3The Lord God of your ancestors is giving you a land flowing with milk and honey, as he promised you. After you’re in that land, write all the words of these teachings on the stones.
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 leaders of Israel told the people, “Obey every command I’m giving you today. 2“The day you cross the Jordan River and enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones and cover them with plaster. The Lord God of your ancestors is giving you a land flowing with milk and honey, as he promised you. After you’re in that land, write all the words of these teachings on the stones. 4After you cross the Jordan River, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, and cover them with plaster, following the command I’m giving you today. 5Build an altar of stones there dedicated to the Lord your God. Don’t use an iron chisel on the stones.
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 in front of the people of Israel he wrote on stone slabs a copy of the Teachings which Moses had written down.
- Jeremiah 31:31“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new promise to Israel and Judah.
- 2 Corinthians 3:2You’re our letter of recommendation written in our hearts that everyone knows and reads.
- Hebrews 8:6Jesus has been given a priestly work that is superior to the Levitical priests’ work. He also brings a better promise from God that is based on better guarantees.
- Hebrews 10:16“This is the promise that I will make to them after those days, says the Lord: ‘I will put my teachings in their hearts and write them in their minds.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 6:8⌞Write them down, and⌟ tie them around your wrist, and wear them as headbands as a reminder.
- Deuteronomy 26:9He brought us to this place and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey.
- Leviticus 20:24I have told you that you will take their land. I will give it to you as your own. It is a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God who separated you from other people.
- Numbers 13:27This is what they reported to Moses: “We went to the land where you sent us. It really is a land flowing with milk and honey. Here’s some of its fruit.
- Numbers 14:8If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us. This is a land flowing with milk and honey!
- Joshua 5:6For 40 years the Israelites wandered through the desert until all their soldiers who left Egypt died. They died because they disobeyed the Lord. The Lord swore that he would not let them see this land flowing with milk and honey which he had sworn to give our ancestors.
- Jeremiah 11:5I will keep the oath I made to your ancestors and give them a land flowing with milk and honey, the land you still have today.” ’ ” I answered, “Yes, Lord.”
- Jeremiah 32:22You gave them the land that you swore with an oath to give their ancestors, the 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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