Deuteronomy 27:21

Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Cursed	אָר֕וּר 'a.Rur	H779	to execrate · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
lieth	שֹׁכֵ֖ב sho.Khev	H7901	to lie down (for rest · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
beast	בְּהֵמָ֑ה be.he.Mah	H929	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
people	הָעָ֖ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
say	וְאָמַ֥ר ve.'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Amen	אָמֵֽן 'a.Men	H543	sure · interjection

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Leviticus 18:23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is c…
Exodus 22:19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 20:15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:11–end

When the law was written, to be seen and read by all men, the sanctions of it were to be published, which, to complete the solemnity of their covenanting with God, they were deliberately to declare their approbation of. This they were before directed to do (Deu 11:29, Deu 11:30), and therefore the appointment here begins somewhat abruptly, Deu 27:12. There were, it seems, in Canaan, that part of it which afterwards fell to the lot of Ephraim (Joshua's tribe), two mountains that lay near together, with a valley between, one called Gerizim and the other Ebal. On the sides of these two mountains, which faced one another, all the tribes were to be drawn up, six on one side and six on the other,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 27:11

THE TRIBES DIVIDED ON GERIZIM AND EBAL. (Deu 27:11-13) These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people . . . these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse--Those long, rocky ridges lay in the province of Samaria, and the peaks referred to were near Shechem (Nablous), rising in steep precipices to the height of about eight hundred feet and separated by a green, well-watered valley of about five hundred yards wide. The people of Israel were here divided into two parts. On mount Gerizim (now Jebel-et-Tur) were stationed the descendants of Rachel and Leah, the two principal wives of Jacob, and to them was assigned the most pleasant and honorable office of pronouncing the benedictions; whi…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 27:21

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.

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 27:11–end

Deuteronomy 27:11-26 11. And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 11. Praecepitque Moses populo eo die, dicendo: 12. These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. 12. Hi stabunt ad benedicendum populo super montem Garizim, quando transieris Jordanem, Simon, et Levi, et Juda, et Issachar, et Joseph, et Benjamin: 13. And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Ashur, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 13. Isti vero stabunt ad maledictionem in monte Ebal, Ruben, Gad, et Aser, et Zebulon, Dan et Nephthali. 14. And the Levites shall speak, and say unto…

Dictionary and topics

Amen — This Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Rev. 3:14). In Isa. 65:16, the Authorized Version has “the God of truth,” which in Hebrew is “the God of Amen.” It is frequently used by our…
Gerizim — A mountain of Samaria, about 3,000 feet above the Mediterranean. It was on the left of the valley containing the ancient town of Shechem (q.v.), on the way to Jerusalem. It stood over against Mount…
Amen · A word used to reenforce a statement — A word used to reenforce a statement
Curse · CURSES OF THE MOSAIC LAW — CURSES OF THE MOSAIC LAW
Incest · General references — General references
Responsive Religious Service · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Reward · A MOTIVE TO FAITHFULNESS — A MOTIVE TO FAITHFULNESS
Sodomy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Word Of God · The people stood and respon — The people stood and respon

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 27:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 27:11

John Gill on Deuteronomy 27:21

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 27:11–end

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 27:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 27:11

John Gill on Deuteronomy 27:21

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 27:11–end

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 27:15–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 27:20

Rashi on Deuteronomy 27:18