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: “Pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today. 2When you cross the Jordan River to the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must erect great stones and cover them with plaster. 3Then you must inscribe on them all the words of this law when you cross over, so that you may 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, said to 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• with the eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• all the commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• you this dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:1

• Deuteronomy 4:1Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 11:32Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.
• Deuteronomy 26:16Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and 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 then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.
• James 2:10For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of 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
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• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Gerizim
• Plainly
• Reward
• Deuteronomy
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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