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Deuteronomy Chapter
Twenty-seven
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 27
In
this chapter the people of Israel are ordered to write the law on plastered
stones, and set them on Mount Ebal, Deuteronomy 27:1;
where they are bid to erect an altar, and offer sacrifices on it, Deuteronomy 27:5;
and are charged by Moses and the priests to obey the Lord, and keep his
commandments, Deuteronomy 27:9;
and a direction is given to each tribes which should stand and bless, and which
curse, and where, Deuteronomy 27:11;
and the curses which the Levites should pronounce with a loud voice, and the
people should say Amen to, are recited, Deuteronomy 27:14;
and the whole is concluded with a curse on all who in general do not perform
the whole law, Deuteronomy 27:26.
Deuteronomy 27:1 Now Moses, with
the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandments
which I command you today.
YLT
1`And Moses -- the elders of
Israel also -- commandeth the people, saying, Keep all the command which I am
commanding you to-day;
And Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people,
saying,.... The seventy elders, at the head of whom was Moses, which
made the great sanhedrim, or council of the nation; Moses having recited all
the laws of God to the people, these joined with him in an exhortation to them
to observe and obey them:
keep all the commandments which I command you this day; not in his
own name, as being the supreme legislator, but in the name of the Lord, whom
they had avouched to be their God and King, from whom he had received them.
Deuteronomy 27:2 2 And
it shall be, on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, that you shall set up for yourselves large
stones, and whitewash them with lime.
YLT
2and it hath been, in the
day that ye pass over the Jordan unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving
to thee, that thou hast raised up for thee great stones, and plaistered them
with plaister,
And it shall be, on the day when you shall pass over Jordan,.... Not the
precise day exactly, but about that time, a little after they passed that
river, as soon as they conveniently could; for it was not till after Ai was
destroyed that the following order was put in execution; indeed as soon as they
passed over Jordan, they were ordered to take twelve stones, and did; but then
they were set up in a different place, and for a different purpose; see Joshua 4:3,
unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt
set thee up great stones; not in Jordan, as Jarchi, but on Mount Ebal, Deuteronomy 27:4;
nor had the stones set up in Jordan any such inscription as what is here
ordered to be set on these:
and plaster them with plaster: that so words might be
written upon them, and be more conspicuous, and more easily read.
Deuteronomy 27:3 3 You
shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have crossed over, that
you may enter the land which the Lord your God
is giving you, ‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’[a] just as
the Lord God of your fathers promised you.
YLT
3and written on them all the
words of this law in thy passing over, so that thou goest in unto the land
which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- a land flowing with milk and honey,
as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee.
And thou shall write upon them all the words of this law,.... Not the
whole book of Deuteronomy, as some think, at least not the historical part of
it, only what concerns the laws of God; and it may be only a summary or
abstract of them, and perhaps only the ten commandments. JosephusF17Antiqu.
l. 4. c. 8. sect. 44. is of opinion that the blessings and the curses after
recited were what were written on them:
when thou art passed over; that is, the river Jordan:
that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee, a land flowing with milk and honey; this account of the land
of Canaan is so frequently observed, to imprint upon their minds a sense of the
great goodness of God in giving them such a fruitful country, and to point out
to them the obligation they lay under to observe the laws of God ordered to be
written on plastered stones, as soon as they came into it:
as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee; Exodus 3:8.
Deuteronomy 27:4 4 Therefore
it shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, that on Mount Ebal
you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, and you shall
whitewash them with lime.
YLT
4`And it hath been, in your
passing over the Jordan, ye raise up these stones which I am commanding you
to-day, in mount Ebal, and thou hast plaistered them with plaister,
And therefore it shall be, when ye be gone over Jordan,.... Some time
after they had passed that river:
that ye shall set
up these stones, which I command you this day, in Mount Ebal; a mountain
near Shechem in Samaria, and was, as Benjamin of Tudela saysF18Itinerar.
p. 40. , dry as stones and rocks itself, and perhaps had its name, as some
thinkF19Reland. Dissert. 3. de Monte Gerizim, p. 128. See Castel.
Lexic. Heptaglott col 2642. , from the root in the Arabic language which
signifies to strip a tree of its leaves, and a derivative from it, white stones
and a mountain in which such are found. Hither the stones commanded to be set
up were to be brought, and fixed here; from whence it is not certain; it may be
from some part of the mountain. Here the Samaritan version has Gerizim instead
of Ebal, which is generally thought to be a wilful corruption of the
Samaritans, in favour of their temple built at Gerizim:
and thou shall plaster them with plaster; as before
directed, Deuteronomy 27:2.
Deuteronomy 27:5 5 And
there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God,
an altar of stones; you shall not use an iron tool on them.
YLT
5and built there an altar to
Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones, thou dost not wave over them iron.
And there shall thou build an altar to the Lord thy God,.... On the
same mountain, though not of the same stones. Jarchi's note is,"after that
(the setting up of the plastered stones) thou shalt bring from thence (from
Jordan) others, and build of them an altar on Mount Ebal;'but JosephusF20Ut
supra. (Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 44.) places this altar not on Mount Ebal, but
between that and Gerizim. This altar, he says, was ordered to be built towards
the rising sun, not far from the city of Shechem, between two mountains,
Gerizim and Ebal; but the text is express, that it was to be built where the
stones were set up, which was on Mount Ebal, and there it was built, Joshua 8:30; an
altar of stones; of whole stones, as in Deuteronomy 27:6,
not broken, nor hewed, but rough as they were when taken out of the quarry:
thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them; to hew them,
and make them smooth; See Gill on Exodus 20:25;
Deuteronomy 27:6 6 You
shall build with whole stones the altar of the Lord your God,
and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.
YLT
6Of complete stones thou
buildest the altar of Jehovah thy God, and hast caused to ascend on it
burnt-offerings to Jehovah thy God,
Thou shall build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones,.... And of
such Joshua did build it, Joshua 8:31,
and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God; and very
likely sin offerings too; for these frequently went together, the one to make
atonement for sin, and the other as a gift, and by way of thankfulness for the
acceptance of the former; and both typical of Christ, the true sacrifice, and
the antitype of all the legal sacrifices.
Deuteronomy 27:7 7 You
shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the Lord your God.
YLT
7and sacrificed
peace-offerings, and eaten there, and rejoiced before Jehovah thy God,
And thou shall offer peace offerings,.... Part of
which belonged to God, which was burnt on the altar, and another part to the
priest that offered them; and the rest to the owner that brought them, which he
eat of with his friends; so it follows:
and shall eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God: now this
altar, where these sacrifices were offered, was on the very spot where the
stones were on which the law was written; and may point at the gracious
provision God has made for the redemption of his people from the curse of it by
Christ, who became a substitute for them in their legal place and stead. The
altar being of rough unhewn stones was a type of him in his human nature, who
is the stone in the vision cut out of the mountain without hands; and being
unpolished may denote the meanness of his outward appearance, on account of
which he was rejected by the Jewish builders; and no iron tool being to be
lifted up on them, may signify that nothing of man's is to be added to the
sacrifice and satisfaction of Christ, and salvation by him; and this being in
Ebal, where the curses were pronounced, shows that Christ, by the offering up
of himself for the sins of his people, has made atonement for them, and thereby
has delivered them from the curse of the law, being made a curse for them; all
which is matter of joy and gladness to them.
Deuteronomy 27:8 8 And
you shall write very plainly on the stones all the words of this law.”
YLT
8and written on the stones
all the words of this law, well engraved.'
And thou shall write upon the stones all the words of this law,.... Not upon
the stones of the altar, but upon the first stones brought to Mount Ebal, and
set up there before, and on which the words were inscribed before the altar was
erected; though according to the MisnahF21Sotah, c. 7. sect. 5. the
altar was built of these stones, and on that the law written; for it is
said,"they shall bring the stones (#De 27:2,4) and build the altar,
and plaster it with plaster, and write upon it all the words of the law:'with
which Josephus agrees, who saysF23Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8.
sect. 44.) ,"that when Moses was about to die, he ordered the blessings
and the curses to be written on the altar, on both sides of it:'could this be
made clearly to appear, it would be easy to observe the accomplishment of it in
Christ, who was made under the law, became subject to it, had it written on his
heart, obeyed the precepts and bore the penalty of it, and had all the curses
of it laid on him, and thereby redeemed his people from them. However, be it on
which it may that the words of the law were written, they were written
very plainly; so that they might be easily read; in
seventy languages, according to the Jewish writers; which they say was done,
that whoever would learn the law might learn it, and so the Gentiles had no
excuseF24Sotah, ib. & Bartenora in ib. Targum Jon. & Jerus.
& Jarchi in loc. ; for it is a prevailing notion with them, that there were
so many nations and languages. The law being written on stones denotes the
duration of it, which continued not only during the times of the Old Testament
dispensation, and to the times of John, and had its fulfilment in Christ, but
still continues; for though Christ has redeemed his people from the curse and
condemnation of it, yet it is in his hands as a rule of direction to them as to
their walk and conversation: nor is it made void by any doctrine of the Gospel,
and nothing more strongly enforces obedience to it than the Gospel. The moral
law is immutable, invariable, and eternal in its nature, and in the matter of
it. This may also point at the hardness of men's hearts, their non-subjection
to the law, and disobedience of it; and these stones being covered with plaster
may be an emblem of formalists and hypocrites, who are like whited walls and
sepulchres, Matthew 23:27, have
a form of the law in their heads, but not in their hearts; are Jews outwardly,
but not inwardly, Romans 2:28;
externally righteous before men, as if they were strict observers of the law,
but internally very wicked; and have hard, blind, and impenitent hearts, under
the cover of the law, and a profession of strict regard to it; and this being
done on the same mount where the curses were pronounced, shows that they were
on account of the breach of this law.
Deuteronomy 27:9 9 Then
Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, “Take heed and
listen, O Israel: This day you have become the people of the Lord your God.
YLT
9And Moses speaketh -- the
priests, the Levites, also -- unto all Israel, saying, `Keep silent, and hear,
O Israel, this day thou hast become a people to Jehovah thy God;
And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel,.... The
priests who were Levites, as all the priests that were lawful ones were; and
there were none but such at this time, who were. Eleazar and Ithamar, and their
sons; these joined with Moses in the following exhortations to the people of
Israel, as being particularly concerned in instructing them in the knowledge of
the laws, and in seeing them put in execution:
saying, take heed, and hearken, O Israel; to what was
about to be said unto them, as well as to what had: been said:
this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God; they were his
people before; he had chosen them to be his special people above all others; he
had redeemed them out of Egypt; he had led them through the wilderness, and
provided for them and protected them there, and had given them laws and
statutes to observe to walk in; all which showed them to be his peculiar
people: but now in a very formal and solemn manner they were avouched and
declared by him to be his people, and they had solemnly avouched and declared
that he was their God and King; and every day, according to Jarchi, was to be
considered as this day, as if it was the day of entering into covenant with
him.
Deuteronomy 27:10 10 Therefore
you shall obey the voice of the Lord your God,
and observe His commandments and His statutes which I command you today.”
YLT
10and thou hast hearkened to
the voice of Jehovah thy God, and done His commands, and His statutes, which I
am commanding thee to-day.'
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God,.... In
whatsoever he directs in his word, and by his prophets, and especially by his
Son, eminently called the Word of the Lord:
and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee
this day; See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:1.
Deuteronomy 27:11 11 And
Moses commanded the people on the same day, saying,
YLT
11And Moses commandeth the
people on that day, saying,
And Moses charged the people the same,.... That he
gave the above orders to set up stones, and plaster them, and write the law on
them, and build an altar in the same place, and offer sacrifices when come into
the land of Canaan:
saying; as follows.
Deuteronomy 27:12 12 “These
shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over
the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin;
YLT
12`These do stand, to bless
the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
These shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people,
widen ye are come over Jordan,.... Which was a mountain
in Samaria opposite to Mount Ebal, a valley of a furlong broad lay between themF25Vid.
Maundrel's Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 59,62. ; and, according to HillerusF26Onomastic.
Sacr. p. 168. , had its name from being broken off from that, they being, as it
should seem, originally one mountain, and now two tops of the same; so
Burchard; but others think it signifies the mountain of the mowers or cutters
downF1Reland. Dissert. de Monte Gerizim. p. 128. ; that is, of grass
or corn, being a very fruitful one; and Benjamin of Tudela saysF2Itinerar.
p. 40. , that in his time, on Mount Gerizim were fountains and orchards; and
being such a fertile mountain, it was very proper to bless upon. Mr. MaundrelF3Journey
from Aleppo, &c. p. 61. Edit. 7. , a late traveller in those parts,
says,"though neither of the mountains have much to boast of as to their
pleasantness, yet as one passes between them, Gerizim seems to discover a
somewhat more verdant fruitful aspect than Ebal; the reason of which may be,
because fronting towards the north it is sheltered from the heat of the sun by
its own shade; whereas Ebal looking southward, and receiving the sun that comes
directly upon it, must by consequence be rendered more scorched and
unfruitful.'JosephusF4Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 44. says, that
Gerizim was on the right hand, and Ebal on the left; which may serve to
strengthen the observation of Ainsworth, in allusion hereunto, that in the last
judgment those on the right hand will be pronounced blessed, and those on the
left hand cursed:
Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and
Benjamin: these appointed for blessing were children of the mistress, or
free woman, as Aben Ezra and many others have observed; the four first were the
sons of Leah, and the two last the sons of Rachel, and therefore employed in
the most honourable and desirable service: and who so proper to pronounce or
receive the blessing as the children of the free woman, of Jerusalem above,
which is free, the mother of us all that are born again, and are made free by
the Son of God, and are free indeed, and are entitled to all the blessings of
grace and glory?
Deuteronomy 27:13 13 and
these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and
Naphtali.
YLT
13And these do stand, for the
reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and
Naphtali.
And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal curse,.... Which was
dry and rocky, barren and fruitful, and like the earth, that bears briers and
thorns, is rejected and nigh unto cursing, and so a proper place to curse, and
a fit emblem of those to be cursed; see Hebrews 6:8,
Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali; four of these
appointed for cursing were the children of the handmaids, Gad, Asher, Dan, and
Naphtali; and since two were wanting, as Aben Ezra observes, and the sons of
Leah were many, the oldest and the youngest were taken; Reuben, who had defiled
his father's bed, and exposed himself to the curse of the law, and Zebulun, the
last and youngest of Leah's sons; see Galatians 3:10.
Deuteronomy 27:14 14 “And
the Levites shall speak with a loud voice and say to all the men of Israel:
YLT
14`And the Levites have
answered and said unto every man of Israel -- a loud voice:
And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel,.... Rather,
"answerF5ענו
"respondebunt", Montanus. and say"; not the whole tribe of Levi,
for that stood on Mount Gerizim to bless, Deuteronomy 27:12;
but the priests of that tribe who were placed in the valley, between the two
mountains, and pronounced both the blessings and the curses in the hearing of
all the tribes of Israel, to which they were to answer Amen; and that they
might plainly hear, they expressed their words
with a loud voice, clearly and distinctly, as follow.
Deuteronomy 27:15 15 ‘Cursed
is the one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in
secret.’ “And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
15`Cursed [is] the man who
maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands
of an artificer, and hath put [it] in a secret place, -- and all the people
have answered and said, Amen.
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten
image,.... The blessings and the form of them are not recorded, because
they were not to be had from the law, and through obedience to it; and
therefore there is a profound silence about them, to put men upon seeking for
them elsewhere, and which are only to be had in Christ, especially spiritual
ones; but we may suppose they were delivered in the same form, and respecting
the same things as the curses, only just the reverse of them; as, "blessed
is the man that maketh not any graven image", &c. The order of both is
given in the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; See Gill on Deuteronomy 11:29.
This curse respects the breach of the first table of the law, and everything
included in it relating to the nature and being of God, the worship of him, and
the honour of his name; to do anything contrary to which, particularly to make
an image, whether graven or molten, to worship, is
an abomination to the Lord; and therefore subjects a
man to the curse of his law, it being
the work of the hands of the craftsman; and therefore
it must be a most stupid thing to ascribe deity to it, and worship it as such:
and putteth it in a secret place; though it is
not set in a place of public worship, or the house, so as to be seen by
everyone; but in some retired place, in a secret chamber, and there worshipped,
or kept to look at with pleasure; which would be a temptation, and lead on to
idolatry, and therefore is forbidden, and to be guarded against: now one that
committed idolatry, or anything like it, in the most secret manner, was liable
to this curse; for the omniscient God, the legislator, knows what is done in
the most private manner, and will resent and revenge every affront and injury
to his honour and glory. And Aben Ezra observes, that all that follow respect things
done in a secret way, and which were not cognizable by the civil magistrate,
and therefore to deter persons from them these curses were pronounced:
and all the people shall answer and say Amen; even those on
the one mountain as on the other, thereby approving of, and assenting to, the
justice of the sentence pronounced.
Deuteronomy 27:16 16 ‘Cursed
is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’ “And all
the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
16`Cursed [is] He who is
making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said,
Amen.
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father, or his mother,.... That
secretly despises them in his heart, and by looks and gestures mocks at them in
a private manner, unseen by others, Proverbs 30:17; for
if he publicly cursed them, that was cognizable by the civil magistrate, and he
was to be put to death, Leviticus 20:9.
This follows next, as in the order of the ten commands, to that which respects
the fear and worship of God; honouring parents being next to the glorifying of
God, the Father of all:
and all the people shall say Amen; applaud the righteous
sentence, saying, "so let it be".
Deuteronomy 27:17 17 ‘Cursed
is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’ “And all the people shall
say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
17`Cursed [is] he who is
removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark,.... Removes
it backward, and steals ground, as Jarchi explains it; this is commonly done
secretly; see Deuteronomy 19:14,
and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:15;
See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:16.
Deuteronomy 27:18 18 ‘Cursed
is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road.’ “And all the
people shall say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
18`Cursed [is] he who is
causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way,.... By
directing him wrong knowingly, or laying a stumbling block in his way, Leviticus 19:14.
The Targum of Jonathan is,"that maketh a traveller wander out of the way,
who like a blind man;'who knows his way no more than a blind man does. Jarchi
interprets it,"that blinds in anything, and gives evil counsel;'which
leads men to take wrong steps, whether in things civil, or moral, or religious;
all which are usually done privately:
and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:15;
See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:16.
Deuteronomy 27:19 19 ‘Cursed
is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless,
and widow.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
19`Cursed [is] he who is
turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the
people have said, Amen.
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,
fatherless, and widow,.... Who have none to
assist them, and take their part, and therefore judges may be tempted to do an
unjust thing; but God is the patron of them, and takes notice of every injury
done them, and is the avenger of all such:
and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:15;
See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:16.
Deuteronomy 27:20 20 ‘Cursed
is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his
father’s bed.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
20`Cursed [is] he who is
lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and
all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife,.... As Reuben
did, and which is forbidden Leviticus 18:8,
because he uncovereth his father's skirt; see Deuteronomy 22:30,
and all the people shall say Amen; the tribe of Reuben said
this as well as the rest.
Deuteronomy 27:21 21 ‘Cursed
is the one who lies with any kind of animal.’ “And all the people shall
say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
21`Cursed [is] he who is
lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast,.... See Leviticus 18:23,
and all the people shall say Amen; as being shocking and
abhorrent to human nature.
Deuteronomy 27:22 22 ‘Cursed
is the one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the
daughter of his mother.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
22`Cursed [is] he who is
lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, --
and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister,.... Which is
forbid, Leviticus 18:9,
the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother; whether his
sister by father or mother's side:
and all the people shall say Amen; detesting such
uncleanness.
Deuteronomy 27:23 23 ‘Cursed
is the one who lies with his mother-in-law.’ “And all the people shall
say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
23`Cursed [is] he who is
lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law,.... See Leviticus 18:7. All
these incestuous or brutal copulations may well be supposed to be done in
secret:
and all the people shall say Amen; as abhorring such
incest.
Deuteronomy 27:24 24 ‘Cursed
is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’ “And all the people shall
say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
24`Cursed [is] he who is
smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly,.... And kills
him, and the murder is not known; the curse of God follows such, and overtakes
them sooner or later. Some interpret this of smiting with the tongue, of secret
backbiting and slander; so the Targum of Jonathan,"that smiteth with the
third tongue;'or false accusation:
and all the people shall say Amen; as disapproving of and
condemning such a practice, even slander, and especially murder.
Deuteronomy 27:25 25 ‘Cursed
is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’ “And all the people
shall say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
25`Cursed [is] he who is
taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have
said, Amen.
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person,.... As an
assassin, to murder him privately; or as a judge, that takes a bribe to condemn
to death an innocent person: so Aben Ezra observes, that according to the sense
of some a judge is meant; but, says he, in my opinion a false witness; one that
swears a man's life away for the sake of a reward given him:
and all the people shall say Amen; at so detestable a
crime.
Deuteronomy 27:26 26 ‘Cursed
is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by
observing them.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
YLT
26`Cursed [is] he who doth
not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have
said, Amen.
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of
this law to do them,.... That is, who does not perfectly perform all that the law
requires, and continues to do so; for the law requires obedience, and that
perfect and constant, and in failure thereof curses, in proof of which the
apostle produces this passage; see Gill on Galatians 3:10, for
the reconciliation of these Scriptures, as to what seeming difference there is
between them:
and all the people shall say, Amen; See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:15;
See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:16.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)