New King James Version
Deuteronomy 27:4
4Therefore it shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, that on Mount Ebal you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, and you shall whitewash them with lime.
Deuteronomy 27:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
- New International Version (NIV)And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat them with plaster.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.
- New Living Translation (NLT)When you cross the Jordan, set up these stones at Mount Ebal and coat them with plaster, as I am commanding you today.
Context of Deuteronomy 27:4
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. Therefore it shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, that on Mount Ebal you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, and you shall whitewash them with lime. 5And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not use an iron tool on them. 6You shall build with whole stones the altar of the Lord your God, and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.
Read all of Deuteronomy 27Deuteronomy 27:4 word by word
וְהָיָה֮ בְּעָבְרְכֶ֣ם אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן֒ תָּקִ֜ימוּ אֶת־הָאֲבָנִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֜י מְצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְכֶ֛ם הַיּ֖וֹם בְּהַ֣ר עֵיבָ֑ל וְשַׂדְתָּ֥ אוֹתָ֖ם בַּשִּֽׂיד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore it shall be when ye be gone overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
- ye shall set upקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
- these stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
- which I commandצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
- you this dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- in mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- Ebalעֵיבָל‛êybâl · (Mount) EbalH5858
- and thou shalt plaisterשִׂידώîyd · limeH7875
- them with plaisterשִׂידώîyd · to whitewashH7874
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:4
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Set up these stones - in Mount Ebal - So the present Hebrew text, but the Samaritan has Mount Gerizim. Dr. Kennicott has largely defended the reading of the Samaritan in his second dissertation on the present state of the Hebrew text, and Dr. Parry has defended the Hebrew against the Samaritan in his Case between Gerizim and Ebal fairly stated. So has J. H. Verschuir, in his Dissert. Critica. Many still think Dr. Kennicott's arguments unanswerable, and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4In mount Ebal - Compare the marginal references. The Samaritan Pentateuch and Version read here Gerizim instead of Ebal; but the original text was probably, as nearly all modern authorities hold, altered in order to lend a show of scriptural sanction to the Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim. The erection of the altar, the offering thereon burnt-offerings and peace-offerings Deuteronomy 27:6-7, the publication of the Law in writing, form altogether a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The covenant ceremony would happen at Mount Ebal, a mountain east of Shechem (see Joshua 8:30–35). The Samaritan Pentateuch has "Mount Gerizim" here. This is an obvious attempt to justify the existence of the Samaritan temple on that mountain (see Deuteronomy 11:29).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
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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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