Tree of Life Version
Deuteronomy 27:1
1Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep the whole mitzvah that I am commanding you today.
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
Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep the whole mitzvah that I am commanding you today. 2Now on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land that Adonai your God is giving you, you are to set up large stones for yourself and coat them with plaster. 3Then you are to write on them all the words of this Torah when you cross over—so that you may enter the land that Adonai your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey just as Adonai, the God of your fathers, promised you.
Read all of Deuteronomy 27Deuteronomy 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 ordinances that I am teaching you to do, so that you may live and go in and possess the land that Adonai the God of your fathers is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 11:32and you will take care to do all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
- Deuteronomy 26:16“This day Adonai your God is commanding you to do these statutes and ordinances—so you are to take care and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Luke 11:28But He said, “Rather, blessed 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 appeal in the Lord Yeshua—just as you received from us the way you ought to walk and please God (as in fact you are walking)—that you keep progressing more and more.
- James 2:10For whoever keeps the whole Torah but stumbles in one point, he has become 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
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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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