Deuteronomy 27:4

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 King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Deuteronomy 27:4

2When you cross the Jordan River and enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster. 3Write this whole body of instruction on them when you cross the river 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. When you cross the Jordan, set up these stones at Mount Ebal and coat them with plaster, as I am commanding you today. 5“Then build an altar there to the Lord your God, using natural, uncut stones. You must not shape the stones with an iron tool. 6Build the altar of uncut stones, and use it to offer burnt offerings to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 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

• Deuteronomy 11:29“When the Lord your God brings you into the land and helps you take possession of it, you must pronounce the blessing at Mount Gerizim and the curse at Mount Ebal.
• Joshua 8:30Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal.

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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 27:4

• Altar
• Curse
• Instruction
• Law
• Obedience
• Pillar

In the dictionaries

• Jordan
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Gerizim
• Lime
• Plainly
• Reward
• Deuteronomy
• Education
• Joshua (2)
• Writing

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