Deuteronomy 27:2

New English Translation

When you cross the Jordan River to the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must erect great stones and cover them with plaster.

Cross References

Job 19:24

that with an iron chisel and with lead they were engraved in a rock forever!

Ezekiel 11:19

I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies and I will give them tender hearts,

Ezekiel 36:26

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

Deuteronomy 11:31

For you are about to cross the Jordan to possess the land the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess and inhabit it.

Deuteronomy 26:1

When you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,

Deuteronomy 27:1

Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today.

Deuteronomy 27:3

Then you must inscribe on them all the words of this law when you cross over, so that you may enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, said to you.

Deuteronomy 27:4

So when you cross the Jordan you must erect on Mount Ebal these stones about which I am commanding you today, and you must cover them with plaster.

Deuteronomy 6:1

Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed

Deuteronomy 9:1

Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.

Joshua 1:11

“Go through the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to you.’”

Joshua 4:1

When the entire nation was on the other side, the Lord told Joshua,

Joshua 8:30

Then Joshua built an altar for the Lord God of Israel on Mount Ebal,

Joshua 8:31

just as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. They offered burnt sacrifices on it and sacrificed tokens of peace.

Joshua 8:32

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