New American Standard Bible 1995
Deuteronomy 27:3
3and write on them all the words of this law, when you cross over, so that you may enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, 1a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, 2promised 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
1Then Moses and the elders of Israel charged the people, saying, “Keep all the commandments which I command you today. 2So it shall be on the day when you cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God gives you, that you shall set up for yourself large stones and coat them with lime and write on them all the words of this law, when you cross over, so that you may enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, promised you. 4So it shall be when you cross the Jordan, you shall set up on Mount Ebal, these stones, as I am commanding you today, and you shall coat them with lime. 5Moreover, you shall build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not wield an 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
- and writeכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
- on them allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- of thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
- lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
- when you crossעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- soמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
- that you may enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- givesנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- flowingזוּבzûb · to flow: flowingH2100
- with milkחָלָבchâlâb · milkH2461
- and honeyדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706
- of your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- promisedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:3
- Joshua 8:32He wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written, in the presence of the sons of Israel.
- Jeremiah 31:31“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
- 2 Corinthians 3:2You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
- Hebrews 8:6But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
- Hebrews 10:16“This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws upon their heart, And on their mind I will write them,” He then says,
- Deuteronomy 6:8You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.
- Deuteronomy 26:9and He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Leviticus 20:24Hence I have said to you, “You are to possess their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
- Numbers 13:27Thus they told him, and said, “We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
- Numbers 14:8If the Lord is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us--a land which flows with milk and honey.
- Joshua 5:6For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, to whom the Lord had sworn that He would not let them see the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Jeremiah 11:5in order to confirm the oath which I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.”’” Then I said, “Amen, O Lord.”
- Jeremiah 32:22and gave them this land, which You swore to their forefathers to give them, 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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