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Deuteronomy 27:6 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 27 · verse 6
Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:Deuteronomy 27:6 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 27:6 in context
4Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
5And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
6Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
7And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.
8And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- offeringsʻôlâha step orH5930 →
- stonesʼebena stoneH68 →
- buildbânâhto buildH1129 →
- altarmizbêachan altarH4196 →
- wholeshâlêmcompleteH8003 →
- offerʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
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Here is, I. A general charge to the people to keep God's commandments; for in vain did they know them, unless they would do them. This is pressed upon them, 1. With all authority. Moses with the elders of Israel, the rulers of each tribe (Deu 27:1), and again, Moses and the priests the Levites (Deu 27:9);
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10