Deuteronomy 27:9

And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Moses	מֹשֶׁה֙ mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
priests	וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים ve.ha.ko.ha.Nim	H3548	literally one officiating · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
Levites	הַלְוִיִּ֔ם hal.vi.Yim	H3881	a Levite or descendant of Levi · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
spake	וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר vay.da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
heed	הַסְכֵּ֤ת has.Ket	H5535	by implication · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
hearken	וּשְׁמַע֙ u.she.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
day	הַיּ֤וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
become	נִהְיֵ֣יתָֽ nih.Yei.ta	H1961	to exist · verb, niphal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
people	לְעָ֔ם le.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	לַיהוָ֖ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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

Deuteronomy 26:16-18 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart…
1 Peter 2:10-11 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,…
Ephesians 5:8-9 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Romans 6:17-18 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:1-10

Here is, I. A general charge to the people to keep God's commandments; for in vain did they know them, unless they would do them. This is pressed upon them, 1. With all authority. Moses with the elders of Israel, the rulers of each tribe (Deu 27:1), and again, Moses and the priests the Levites (Deu 27:9); so that the charge is given by Moses who was king in Jeshurun, and by their lords, both spiritual and temporal, in concurrence with him. Lest they should think that it was Moses only, an old and dying man, that made such ado about religion, or the priests and Levites only, whose trade it was to attend religion and who had their maintenance out of it, the elders of Israel, whom God had place…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 27:5

there shalt thou build an altar . . . of whole stones--The stones were to be in their natural state, as if a chisel would communicate pollution to them. The stony pile was to be so large as to contain all the conditions of the covenant, so elevated as to be visible to the whole congregation of Israel; and the religious ceremonial performed on the occasion was to consist: first, of the elementary worship needed for sinful men; and secondly, of the peace offerings, or lively, social feasts, that were suited to the happy people whose God was the Lord. There were thus, the law which condemned, and the typical expiation--the two great principles of revealed religion.

John Gill on Deuteronomy 27:9

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…

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Dictionary and topics

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…
Adoption · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Curse · CURSES OF THE MOSAIC LAW — CURSES OF THE MOSAIC LAW
Obedience · ENJOINED — ENJOINED
Watchfulness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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 27:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 27:5

John Gill on Deuteronomy 27:9

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 27:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 27:5

John Gill on Deuteronomy 27:9

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 27:9-10

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 27:1-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 27:9

Rashi on Deuteronomy 27:9