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You have now become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/27.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests addressed all Israel as follows: “O Israel, be quiet and listen! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/27.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, “Keep silence and hear, O Israel: this day you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/27.htm">King James Bible</a> And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/27.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, “Take heed and listen, O Israel: This day you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, Israel! This day you have become a people for the LORD your God. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/27.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, &#8220Be silent and listen, O Israel! This day you have become a people for the LORD your God. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, O Israel! This day you have become a people for the LORD your God. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, O Israel! This day you have become a people for Yahweh your God. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, “Be silent and listen, O Israel! This day you have become a people for the LORD your God. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, “Be silent, Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, &#8220Be silent, Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/27.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel: This day thou art become the people of Jehovah thy God. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Moses stood together with the priests and said, "Israel, be quiet and listen to me! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/27.htm">English Revised Version</a> And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, "Be quiet and listen, Israel. Today you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/27.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then Moses, together with the levitical priests, said to all the people of Israel, "Give me your attention, people of Israel, and listen to me. Today you have become the people of the LORD your God; <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/27.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to Israel. They said, "Be quiet and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: ?Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/27.htm">NET Bible</a> Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: "Be quiet and pay attention, Israel. Today you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, "Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Take heed and hearken, O Israel, this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/27.htm">World English Bible</a> Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of Yahweh your God. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Moses speaks—the priests, the Levites, also—to all Israel, saying, “Keep silent and hear, O Israel: This day you have become a people for your God YHWH; <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Moses speaketh -- the priests, the Levites, also -- unto all Israel, saying, 'Keep silent, and hear, O Israel, this day thou hast become a people to Jehovah thy God; <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Moses will speak, and the priests, the Levites, to all Israel, saying, Be silent and hear, Israel; this day thou wert for a people to Jehovah thy God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Moses and the priests of the race of Levi said to all Israel: Attend, and hear, O Israel: This day thou art made the people of the Lord thy God. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And Moses and the priests of Levitical stock said to all of Israel: “Attend and listen, O Israel! Today you have become the people of the Lord your God. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/27.htm">New American Bible</a> Moses, with the levitical priests, then said to all Israel: Be silent, Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD, your God. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then Moses and the levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying: Keep silence and hear, O Israel! This very day you have become the people of the LORD your God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Moses and the priests and the Levites said to all Israel, Give ear and hearken, O Israel; this day you have become the people of the LORD your God. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Moshe and the Priests and the Levites said to all Israel: “Pay attention and listen, Israel; today you are a nation to LORD JEHOVAH your God.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke unto all Israel, saying: 'Keep silence, and hear, O Israel; this day thou art become a people unto the LORD thy God. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Be silent and hear, O Israel; this day thou art become a people to the Lord thy God. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=7163" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/27.htm">The Altar on Mount Ebal</a> …8And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.” 9<a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Then Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·wî·yim (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">and the Levitical</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: way·ḏab·bêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">spoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel:</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5535.htm" title="5535: has·kêṯ (V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- To be silent. A primitive root to be silent; by implication, to observe quietly.">“Be silent,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">O Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: ū·šə·ma‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">and listen!</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: nih·yê·ṯā (V-Nifal-Perf-2ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">you have become</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: lə·‘ām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God.</a> 10You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a> Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. / And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.” <a href="/deuteronomy/26-18.htm">Deuteronomy 26:18-19</a> And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments, / that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised. <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a> But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. <a href="/romans/9-25.htm">Romans 9:25-26</a> As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” / and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10</a> Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ <a href="/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26-29</a> You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. / For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. / There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ... <a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a> “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a> What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” <a href="/ephesians/2-19.htm">Ephesians 2:19</a> Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, <a href="/isaiah/43-21.htm">Isaiah 43:21</a> The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise. <a href="/1_john/3-1.htm">1 John 3:1</a> Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. <a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a> You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own. <a href="/colossians/1-13.htm">Colossians 1:13</a> He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, <a href="/psalms/100-3.htm">Psalm 100:3</a> Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. <a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Titus 2:14</a> He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Take heed, and listen, O Israel; this day you are become the people of the LORD your God.this day<a href="/deuteronomy/26-16.htm">Deuteronomy 26:16-18</a> This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul… <a href="/romans/6-17.htm">Romans 6:17,18,22</a> But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you… <a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-11</a> Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/26-17.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-21.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-17.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-7.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/numbers/13-30.htm">Quiet</a> <a href="/genesis/24-21.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-4.htm">Today</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/27-10.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-4.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-10.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-14.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-14.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-11.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-9.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/judges/3-19.htm">Quiet</a> <a href="/judges/3-19.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-10.htm">Today</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 27</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">The people are commanded to write the law upon stones</a> 5. <a href="/deuteronomy/27-5.htm">and to build an altar of whole stones</a> 11. <a href="/deuteronomy/27-11.htm">The tribes to be divided on Gerizim and Ebal</a> 14. <a href="/deuteronomy/27-14.htm">The curses to be pronounced on mount Ebal</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: Moses, as the leader and prophet, along with the Levitical priests, who were responsible for religious instruction and maintaining the covenant, address the entire nation of Israel. This collective address underscores the importance of the message and the unity required among the people. The Levitical priests' involvement highlights the religious and covenantal nature of the declaration. The setting is likely on Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, where blessings and curses were to be pronounced, emphasizing the covenant renewal.“Be silent, O Israel, and listen!: The call for silence and attention signifies the gravity of the moment. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, silence was often a sign of respect and readiness to receive important information. This command underscores the solemnity of the covenant renewal and the need for the Israelites to fully comprehend and internalize the words being spoken. It echoes the Shema (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4</a>), where listening is equated with obedience and faithfulness to God.This day you have become the people of the LORD your God: This phrase marks a pivotal moment of identity and covenantal relationship. Although Israel was already chosen as God's people at Sinai, this declaration reaffirms their status as they prepare to enter the Promised Land. It signifies a renewal of the covenant, akin to a formal adoption or confirmation of their identity as God's chosen nation. This moment foreshadows the New Covenant in Christ, where believers are called the people of God (<a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9-10</a>). The phrase also connects to the Abrahamic covenant, where God promised to make Abraham's descendants His people (<a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7-8</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to deliver His people from Egypt and guide them through the wilderness. In this passage, Moses is reaffirming the covenant between God and Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/l/levitical_priests.htm">Levitical Priests</a> Members of the tribe of Levi, set apart for religious duties and to serve as mediators between God and the people. They assist Moses in addressing the Israelites. 3. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God to be His people, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Here, they are reminded of their identity and covenant relationship with God. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mount_ebal_and_mount_gerizim.htm">Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim</a> Though not directly mentioned in this verse, these locations are significant in the surrounding context as places where blessings and curses are pronounced. 5. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_renewal.htm">Covenant Renewal</a> The event where the Israelites are reminded of their covenant with God, emphasizing their identity and responsibilities as His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_god.htm">Identity in God</a> Just as Israel was reminded of their identity as God's people, believers today are called to remember their identity in Christ. This identity shapes our actions and purpose. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening.htm">The Importance of Listening</a> The call to "be silent and listen" emphasizes the need for attentiveness to God's word. In a world full of distractions, prioritizing time to hear from God is crucial. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a> The renewal of the covenant highlights the ongoing relationship between God and His people. Believers are encouraged to regularly renew their commitment to God through prayer, study, and obedience. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">Role of Spiritual Leaders</a> Moses and the Levitical priests played a key role in guiding the people. Today, spiritual leaders continue to have a responsibility to teach, guide, and remind believers of their covenant with God. <a href="/topical/c/community_of_faith.htm">Community of Faith</a> The collective address to "all Israel" underscores the communal aspect of faith. Believers are part of a larger community and are called to support and encourage one another in their walk with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 27</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_inheritance.htm">What does the Bible say about inheritance?</a> <a href="/q/deut._9_4-5__just_or_unjust_god.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4-5 - Does the text's justification for driving out other nations align with moral standards or does it conflict with the idea of a just God?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_levites'_lands_align_biblically.htm">In Joshua 14:3-4, how does the Levites' lack of a territorial inheritance align with other biblical passages that mention Levitical cities and lands?</a> <a href="/q/does_moses'_ban_affect_his_account's_credibility.htm">Deuteronomy 3:26 indicates Moses was forbidden to enter the land--how does this affect the credibility of his supposed firsthand account?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) Moses and the priests.--As in <a href="/deuteronomy/27-1.htm" title="And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.">Deuteronomy 27:1</a>, "Moses and the elders."Take heed.--A word used nowhere else in the Old Testament.This day thou art become the people.--"Every day His commandments shall be before thine eyes, as though thou hadst that day entered into covenant with Him." It would seem that the passage of Jordan, which is the thing in view here, pledged Israel more completely to God's Law than even the covenant at Sinai did. He had gone farther with them, and given them a more distinct position. It became more necessary than ever that they should remember whose they were.(12,13) These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless . . . and these . . . upon mount Ebal to curse.--The expressions "to bless" and "to curse" are misleading. It is not meant that six tribes were to bless, and six to curse their brethren. The phrase will be best understood by noticing the manner in which the ceremony was performed, according to Jewish tradition. According to the treatise Sotah, six, tribes went up to the top of Gerizim, and six ascended mount Ebal, and the priests and the Levites and the ark remained below, between the hills. The Levites turned their faces towards Mount Gerizim, and began with the blessing, "Blessed is the man," &c., and both sides answered "Amen." They then turned their faces towards Mount Ebal, and began the curse, saying, "Cursed is the man," &c. The "Amen" again resounded; and the process was repeated until the last curse was reached. The question whether all the blessings preceded all the cursings is discussed; but the opinion preferred is, that each blessing had its corresponding curse, and were pronounced alternately.If this account be correct, and it seems both intelligible and probable, we see that the tribes were divided equally to "receive" the blessing and the curse, implying that all were equally liable to either, according as they should obey or transgress. If the one side had answered amen to the blessings, and the other to the curses, the tribes would literally have blessed and cursed the people. But the rule is explicit that all the people shall say "Amen;" and therefore we seem to gather this meaning from the Hebrew: These shall stand on Mount Gerizim for the blessing of the people, i.e., to receive the blessing on behalf of the whole, and these on Mount Ebal for the curse (i.e., to receive it on behalf of the rest). It is noticeable that "the law" which inflicts the curse, and the altar which represents in its sacrifices Him who bare the curse, are both on the same hill, Ebal. If the tribes redeemed are on the hill of blessing, the tribes that receive the curse are on the same hill with the Redeemer.(12,13) Simeon, and Levi . . . and Naphtali.--Strictly speaking, there would be seven tribes on Gerizim to receive the blessing, and six on Ebal for the curse; because, tribally, Joseph must include Ephraim and Manasseh. The general position is that of the audience in an amphitheatre, the speakers being in the centre beneath, and the people on either side above. The more honourable tribes of Judah, Joseph, Benjamin, and Levi are posted on the southern hill, Gerizim. The tribes on Ebal are the four sons of the handmaids Bilhah and Zilpah, with Leah's youngest son Zebulun; and the disinherited firstborn, Reuben, is placed at their head. These last tribes, upon the whole, may be said to have occupied the outer circle of Israel's territory, to the east and to the north. The tribes on Gerizim are the more central tribes.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 9, 10. - When Israel renewed the covenant with the Lord, by solemnly setting up the Law in Canaan, it became thereby the nation of God, and bound itself at the same time to hearken to the voice of the Lord, and keep his commandments, as it had already done (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/26-17.htm">Deuteronomy 26:17, 18</a>; <a href="/micah/4-5.htm">Micah 4:5</a>). Verse 9. - Take heed; literally, Be silent; LXX., σιώπα, with silent attention listen (cf. <a href="/zechariah/2-13.htm">Zechariah 2:13</a>). <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Moses מֹשֶׁה֙ (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver and the Levitical הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> Levites -- descendant of Levi priests וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים (wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest spoke וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (way·ḏab·bêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue to אֶ֥ל (’el) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every Israel: יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc “Be silent, הַסְכֵּ֤ת ׀ (has·kêṯ) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5535.htm">Strong's 5535: </a> To observe quietly O Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc and listen! וּשְׁמַע֙ (ū·šə·ma‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently This הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that day הַיּ֤וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day you have become נִהְיֵ֣יתָֽ (nih·yê·ṯā) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be the people לְעָ֔ם (lə·‘ām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of the LORD לַיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God. אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Deuteronomy 27:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Deuteronomy 27:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Deuteronomy 27:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Deuteronomy 27:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Deuteronomy 27:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Deuteronomy 27:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Deuteronomy 27:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Deuteronomy 27:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Deuteronomy 27:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Deuteronomy 27:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 27:9 Moses and the priests the Levites spoke (Deut. 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