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Revised Standard Version

Deuteronomy 27:8

And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Curse;   Instruction;   Law;   Obedience;   Word of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altars;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ebal;   Marriage;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Shechem;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blessing;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ebal;   Law of Moses;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ebal;   Samaritan Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Writing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Stranger;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joshua, Book of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gerizim;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Writing;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Other Laws;   Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Deuteronomy;   Education;   Joshua (2);   Writing;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Education;   Tagin;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Write clearly all the words of this law on the plastered stones.”
Hebrew Names Version
You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
King James Version
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Lexham English Bible
You shall write on the stone all of the words of this law very clearly."
English Standard Version
And you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly."
New Century Version
Then write clearly all the words of these teachings on the stones."
New English Translation
You must inscribe on the stones all the words of this law, making them clear."
Amplified Bible
"And you shall write very clearly on the stones all the words of this law."
New American Standard Bible
"You shall write on the stones all the words of this Law very clearly."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt write vpon the stones al the words of this Law, well and plainely.
Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very distinctly."
Contemporary English Version
Don't forget to write out a copy of these laws on the stone slabs that you are going to set up. Make sure that the writing is easy to read.
Complete Jewish Bible
You are to write on the stones all the words of this Torah very clearly."
Darby Translation
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must write all these teachings on the stones that you set up. Write clearly so that they are easy to read."
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Good News Translation
On the stones covered with plaster write clearly every word of God's laws."
Literal Translation
And you shall write on the stones all the Words of the Law very plainly.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and vpon the stones thou shalt wryte all the wordes of this lawe manyfestly and well.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Bible in Basic English
And put on the stones all the words of this law, writing them very clearly.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt wryte vpon the stones all the wordes of this lawe, manifestly and well.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.'
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt write vpon the stones all the words of this Law very plainely.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt write upon the stones all this law very plainly.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Berean Standard Bible
And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt write pleynli and clereli on the stoonys alle the wordis of this lawe.
Young's Literal Translation
and written on the stones all the words of this law, well engraved.'
Update Bible Version
And you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law, very plainly.
World English Bible
You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
New King James Version
And you shall write very plainly on the stones all the words of this law."
New Living Translation
You must clearly write all these instructions on the stones coated with plaster."
New Life Bible
Write all the words of this Law on the stones. Make it easy to read."
New Revised Standard
You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very clearly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law doing it plainly and well.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law plainly and clearly.
THE MESSAGE
Write all the words of this Revelation on the stones. Incise them sharply.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very distinctly."

Contextual Overview

1 Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, "Keep all the commandment which I command you this day. 2 And on the day you pass over the Jordan to the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall set up large stones, and plaster them with plaster; 3 and you shall write upon them all the words of this law, when you pass over to enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. 4 And when you have passed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you this day, on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster. 5 And there you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones; you shall lift up no iron tool upon them. 6 You shall build an altar to the LORD your God of unhewn stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God; 7 and you shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God. 8 And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly." 9 And 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. 10 You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God, keeping his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou shalt: Deuteronomy 27:3

very plainly: Habakkuk 2:2, John 16:25, 2 Corinthians 3:12

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:44 - General Joshua 8:32 - General Job 19:24 - graven

Cross-References

Genesis 25:23
And the LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples, born of you, shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger."
Genesis 27:13
His mother said to him, "Upon me be your curse, my son; only obey my word, and go, fetch them to me."
Genesis 27:43
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran,
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shall write upon the stones all the words of this law,.... Not upon the stones of the altar, but upon the first stones brought to Mount Ebal, and set up there before, and on which the words were inscribed before the altar was erected; though according to the Misnah u the altar was built of these stones, and on that the law written; for it is said,

"they shall bring the stones (#De 27:2,4) and build the altar, and plaster it with plaster, and write upon it all the words of the law:''

with which Josephus agrees, who says w,

"that when Moses was about to die, he ordered the blessings and the curses to be written on the altar, on both sides of it:''

could this be made clearly to appear, it would be easy to observe the accomplishment of it in Christ, who was made under the law, became subject to it, had it written on his heart, obeyed the precepts and bore the penalty of it, and had all the curses of it laid on him, and thereby redeemed his people from them. However, be it on which it may that the words of the law were written, they were written

very plainly; so that they might be easily read; in seventy languages, according to the Jewish writers; which they say was done, that whoever would learn the law might learn it, and so the Gentiles had no excuse x; for it is a prevailing notion with them, that there were so many nations and languages. The law being written on stones denotes the duration of it, which continued not only during the times of the Old Testament dispensation, and to the times of John, and had its fulfilment in Christ, but still continues; for though Christ has redeemed his people from the curse and condemnation of it, yet it is in his hands as a rule of direction to them as to their walk and conversation: nor is it made void by any doctrine of the Gospel, and nothing more strongly enforces obedience to it than the Gospel. The moral law is immutable, invariable, and eternal in its nature, and in the matter of it. This may also point at the hardness of men's hearts, their non-subjection to the law, and disobedience of it; and these stones being covered with plaster may be an emblem of formalists and hypocrites, who are like whited walls and sepulchres, Matthew 23:27, have a form of the law in their heads, but not in their hearts; are Jews outwardly, but not inwardly, Romans 2:28; externally righteous before men, as if they were strict observers of the law, but internally very wicked; and have hard, blind, and impenitent hearts, under the cover of the law, and a profession of strict regard to it; and this being done on the same mount where the curses were pronounced, shows that they were on account of the breach of this law.

u Sotah, c. 7. sect. 5. w Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 44.) x Sotah, ib. & Bartenora in ib. Targum Jon. & Jerus. & Jarchi in loc.


 
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