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Deuteronomy 27:1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: "Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.
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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/27.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter"> (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/27.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all these commands that I give you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/27.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then Moses and the leaders of Israel gave this charge to the people: “Obey all these commands that I am giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep the whole commandment that I command you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandments which I command you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep all the commandments which I am commanding you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Moses and the elders of Israel charged the people, saying, “Keep all the commandments which I command you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Moses and the elders of Israel charged the people, saying, “Keep all the commandments which I command you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep the entire commandment which I am commanding you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep (remember, obey) all the commandments which I am commanding you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, “Keep every command I am giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, “Keep every command I am giving you today. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Moses stood together with the leaders and told the people of Israel: Obey all the laws and teachings that I am giving you today. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Moses and the leaders of Israel told the people, "Obey every command I'm giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then Moses, together with the leaders of Israel, said to the people, "Obey all the instructions that I am giving you today. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses and the elders of Israel gave these orders to the people: "Observe all of the commandments that I'm giving you today. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: "Pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, "Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep all the commandment which I command you today. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses and [the] elderly of Israel command the people, saying, “Keep all the command which I am commanding you today;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And Moses -- the elders of Israel also -- commandeth the people, saying, Keep all the command which I am commanding you to-day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Moses and the old men of Israel will command the people, saying, Watch every command which I command you this day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Moses with the ancients of Israel commanded the people, saying: Keep every commandment that I command you this day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then Moses and the elders of Israel instructed the people, saying: “Keep each commandment that I instruct to you this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: Keep this whole commandment which I give you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Moses and the elders of Israel charged all the people as follows: Keep the entire commandment that I am commanding you today.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AND Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Moshe and the Elders of Israel commanded the people and they said to them: “Keep all of the commandments that I command you today.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying: 'Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded, saying, Keep all these commands, all that I command you this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=7085" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/27.htm">The Altar on Mount Ebal</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><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/2205.htm" title="2205: wə·ziq·nê (Conj-w:: Adj-mpc) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">and the elders</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.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: way·ṣaw (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">commanded</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people:</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/8104.htm" title="8104: šā·mōr (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">“Keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></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/4687.htm" title="4687: ham·miṣ·wāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">the commandments</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: mə·ṣaw·weh (V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">am giving</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</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.">today.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/8-30.htm">Joshua 8:30-35</a></span><br />At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel, / just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings. / And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/24-3.htm">Exodus 24:3-8</a></span><br />When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” / And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. / Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Nehemiah 8:1-8</a></span><br />At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. / On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand. / So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-2.htm">2 Kings 23:2-3</a></span><br />And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-29.htm">2 Chronicles 34:29-32</a></span><br />Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. / And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/10-3.htm">Ezra 10:3</a></span><br />So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17-19</a></span><br />Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. / For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. / So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-13.htm">Romans 2:13</a></span><br />For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22-25</a></span><br />Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10</a></span><br />For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-3.htm">Jeremiah 11:3-4</a></span><br />You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant, / which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-10.htm">Galatians 3:10</a></span><br />All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-28.htm">Luke 11:28</a></span><br />But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a></span><br />If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-3.htm">1 John 2:3-5</a></span><br />By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. / If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. / But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.</p><p class="hdg">Keep all</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">Deuteronomy 4:1-3</a></b></br> Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do <i>them</i>, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Deuteronomy 11:32</a></b></br> And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/26-16.htm">Deuteronomy 26:16</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/24-5.htm">Charged</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-22.htm">Command</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-16.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-16.htm">Commandeth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-16.htm">Commanding</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-13.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-18.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-18.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-9.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-15.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-1.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-18.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-8.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-18.htm">Today</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-18.htm">To-Day</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/27-11.htm">Charged</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-4.htm">Command</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-11.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-11.htm">Commandeth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-4.htm">Commanding</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-11.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-10.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-10.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-9.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-10.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-25.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-4.htm">Today</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-4.htm">To-Day</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">The people are commanded to write the law upon stones</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-5.htm">and to build an altar of whole stones</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-11.htm">The tribes to be divided on Gerizim and Ebal</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-14.htm">The curses to be pronounced on mount Ebal</a></span><br></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'; 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This reflects the established leadership structure within Israel, where Moses often worked alongside the elders to guide the people (<a href="/exodus/3-16.htm">Exodus 3:16</a>, <a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Numbers 11:16</a>). The involvement of the elders signifies the importance of communal leadership and shared responsibility in upholding God's law. This command is part of the covenant renewal process as the Israelites prepare to enter the Promised Land, emphasizing the continuity of leadership and the collective responsibility of the community.<p><b>Keep all the commandments I am giving you today:</b><br>The emphasis on "all the commandments" underscores the comprehensive nature of the law and the expectation of complete obedience. This reflects the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where obedience to the law is a sign of faithfulness and devotion (<a href="/deuteronomy/6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:1-3</a>). The phrase "I am giving you today" highlights the immediacy and relevance of the commandments, as they are not just historical or past instructions but are meant to be actively followed in the present. This call to obedience is a recurring theme in Deuteronomy, which serves as a reminder of the blessings associated with obedience and the curses linked to disobedience (Deuteronomy 28). The law also serves as a tutor leading to Christ, as it reveals the need for a savior and points to the ultimate fulfillment of the law in Jesus (<a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Galatians 3:24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to deliver His people from Egypt and guide them through the wilderness. Moses is the primary lawgiver and mediator of God's covenant with Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/elders_of_israel.htm">Elders of Israel</a></b><br>These are the leaders or representatives of the various tribes of Israel. They assist Moses in governance and in communicating God's laws to the people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a></b><br>The descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are the recipients of God's covenant and commandments. They are preparing to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/commandments.htm">Commandments</a></b><br>The laws and instructions given by God through Moses, which the Israelites are to follow as part of their covenant relationship with God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and his descendants. The Israelites are on the verge of entering this land as they receive these commandments.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commandments is central to the covenant relationship between God and His people. It is a demonstration of faith and commitment to God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_leadership.htm">Role of Leadership</a></b><br>Moses and the elders exemplify godly leadership by guiding the people in understanding and applying God's laws. Leaders today are called to uphold and teach biblical truths.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The command is given to the entire community, highlighting the collective responsibility of God's people to uphold His commandments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_god's_promises.htm">Preparation for God's Promises</a></b><br>As the Israelites prepare to enter the Promised Land, obedience is crucial for receiving God's promises. Similarly, believers are called to live obediently as they await God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuity_of_god's_law.htm">Continuity of God's Law</a></b><br>The commandments given to Israel have enduring significance, pointing to the moral and ethical standards that God desires for His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_laws_and_decrees.htm">What are laws, commands, decrees, and statutes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_deut._27_8_imply_clearer_law_writing.htm">Does the command in Deuteronomy 27:8 to write the Law 'very clearly' imply a significant difference from earlier recordings of the Law?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_deut._9_6_stress_israel's_unworthiness.htm">Deuteronomy 9:6 - Why does this passage emphasize Israel's unworthiness while other parts of the law emphasize adherence to commandments for blessings and favor?</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>XXVII.<p>THE LAW TO BE ESTABLISHED IN CANAAN AS THE LAW OF THE LAND.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">Moses with the elders.</span>--Here joined in exhortation for the first time in this book.<p><span class= "bld">Keep.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">to keep. </span>Possibly we are intended to connect the two verses. In order to keep them, ye shall write them.<p><a href="/context/deuteronomy/27-2.htm" title="And it shall be on the day when you shall pass over Jordan to the land which the LORD your God gives you, that you shall set you up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:">Deuteronomy 27:2-4</a><p>(2) <span class= "bld">Set . . . up great stones, and plaister them with plaister.</span>--The idea is to make a smooth surface, on which the Law could be inscribed. "Plaister" only here and in <a href="/isaiah/33-12.htm" title="And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.">Isaiah 33:12</a>; <a href="/amos/2-2.htm" title="But I will send a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:">Amos 2:2</a>. In both those places it is rendered "lime."<p>(3) <span class= "bld">Thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in.</span>--Again it is evident that the "going in" to the land and the "passing over" Jordan are not identical. The "Law of God" was to be set up in the heart of the country, as soon as Israel had entered it, in order that they might complete the conquest of it. It is abundantly clear that Israel's title to Canaan was dependent upon their maintaining the Law of Jehovah as the law of the land. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">All the commandments</span>, etc.; all that up to this time I have enjoined upon you. The reference is to the entire Law as given by Moses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁה֙</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the elders</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזִקְנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ziq·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Old</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">commanded</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְצַ֤ו</span> <span class="translit">(way·ṣaw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the people,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Keep</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמֹר֙</span> <span class="translit">(šā·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the commandments</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּצְוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miṣ·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commandment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנֹכִ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nō·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am giving</span><br /><span class="heb">מְצַוֶּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ṣaw·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">today.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּֽוֹם׃</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">Deuteronomy 27:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/27-1.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 27:1 Moses and the elders of Israel commanded (Deut. 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