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Deuteronomy 27:4
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2 And it shall be, on the day awhen you cross over the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, that byou shall set up for yourselves large stones, and whitewash them with lime.  
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‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ just as the Lord God of your fathers promised you.  
4 Therefore it shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, that aon Mount Ebal you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, and you shall whitewash them with lime.  
5 And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; ayou shall not use an iron tool on them.  
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.  
7 You shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and arejoice before the Lord your God.  
8 And you shall awrite very plainly on the stones all the words of this law.”  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Deuteronomy 27:4

Set up these stones - in Mount Ebal - So the present Hebrew text, but the Samaritan has Mount Gerizim. Dr. Kennicott has largely defended the reading of the Samaritan in his second dissertation on the present state of the Hebrew text, and Dr. Parry has defended the Hebrew against the Samaritan in his Case between Gerizim and Ebal fairly stated. So has J. H. Verschuir, in his Dissert. Critica. Many still think Dr. Kennicott' s arguments unanswerable, and have no doubt that the Jews have here corrupted the text through their enmity to the Samaritans. On all hands it is allowed that Gerizim abounds with springs, gardens, and orchards, and that it is covered with a beautiful verdure, while Ebal is as naked and as barren as a rock. On this very account the former was highly proper for the ceremony of blessing, and the latter for the ceremony of cursing.




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