Deuteronomy 27:2
And on the day when you go over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, put up great stones, coating them with building-paste,
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Deuteronomy 9:1Give ear, O Israel: today you are to go over Jordan, to take the heritage of nations greater and stronger than yourselves, and towns of great size with walls as high as heaven;
Deuteronomy 26:1Now when you have come into the land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage, and you have made it yours and are living in it;
Joshua 1:11Go through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over this river Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Joshua 4:5And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:
Joshua 8:32And he made there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, writing it before the eyes of the children of Israel.
Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh:
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:2-11
The Exhibition of the Law. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. 2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: 3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land… Read the whole commentary →