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Deuteronomy 27:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Deuteronomy 27:3

Verse 3 of 26

Scripture focus

And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

Deuteronomy 27:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:3

Theological / Devotional

This law. Probably the actual legislation, not the blessings and curses later enumerated in vs. 14-26 (see PP 500). The word here translated “law” is torah, a general term for all sacred instruction, and not confined to the Decalogue. Here it refers specifically to the will of God as revealed to Moses.

This was to be written legibly, and conspicuously set up in a central location, a perpetual reminder of the covenant between God and Israel (see Joshua 8:30-35). Today we have God’s revealed will in our homes, but Israel had no such privilege as this. Accordingly, the very stones of the countryside were to proclaim it for all men to read, lest they forget.

By SdaBc