Deuteronomy 27:2

New American Bible - revised edition

On the day you cross the Jordan into the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.

Cross References

Job 19:24

That with an iron chisel and with lead they were cut in the rock forever!

Ezekiel 11:19

And I will give them another heart and a new spirit I will put within them. From their bodies I will remove the hearts of stone, and give them hearts of flesh,

Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Deuteronomy 11:31

Now you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you. When, therefore, you take possession of it and settle there,

Deuteronomy 26:1

When you have come into the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you as a heritage, and have taken possession and settled in it,

Deuteronomy 27:1

Then Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: Keep this whole commandment which I give you today.

Deuteronomy 27:3

Write on them, at the time you cross, all the words of this law, so that you may enter the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

Deuteronomy 27:4

When you cross the Jordan, on Mount Ebal you shall set up these stones concerning which I command you today, and coat them with plaster,

Deuteronomy 6:1

This then is the commandment, the statutes and the ordinances, which the Lord, your God, has commanded that you be taught to observe in the land you are about to cross into to possess,

Deuteronomy 9:1

Hear, O Israel! You are now about to cross the Jordan to enter in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than yourselves, having large cities fortified to the heavens,

Joshua 1:11

“Go through the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for three days from now you shall cross the Jordan here, to march in and possess the land the Lord, your God, is giving as your possession.’” The Transjordan Tribes.

Joshua 4:1

After the entire nation had completed the crossing of the Jordan,

Joshua 8:30

Later, on Mount Ebal, Joshua built to the Lord, the God of Israel, an altar

Joshua 8:31

of unhewn stones on which no iron tool had been used, just as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded the Israelites, as recorded in the book of the law. On this altar they sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord and made communion sacrifices.

Joshua 8:32

There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed upon the stones a copy of the law written by Moses.