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 Living Translation (NLT)Then Moses and the leaders of Israel gave this charge to the people: “Obey all these commands that I am giving you today.

Context of Deuteronomy 27:1

Now Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandments which I command you today. 2And it shall be, on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, that you shall set up for yourselves large stones, and whitewash them with lime. 3You 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.

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 4:1“Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 11:32And you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I set before you today.
• Deuteronomy 26:16“This day the Lord your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Luke 11:28But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
• John 15:14You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;
• James 2:10For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.

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
• 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