Passage Overview · Free · Deuteronomy 27:1–8
Stones of the Law and the Altar on Mount Ebal
Deuteronomy 27:1–10 is the movement “Stones of the Law and the Altar on Mount Ebal.” Read it inside Moses’ final covenant instruction to Israel on the eastern side of the Jordan as the people prepare for life in the land. The section opens with: “And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.” It closes with: “Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.”
The immediate task here is to understand the covenant instruction in its own setting before asking whether later Scripture develops the same theme. No later connection should be forced merely to make the section look fuller.