Deuteronomy 27:2
The day you cross the Jordan into the country the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones and paint them with whitewash.
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Deuteronomy 9:1Listen, people of Israel! Shortly you're going to cross the Jordan to enter and take over the country from nations that are larger and stronger than you, that have large towns with walls that reach up into the sky.
Deuteronomy 26:1Once you've entered the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own, and you take it over and settle there,
Joshua 1:11“Go through the whole camp and tell the people, ‘Get everything ready, because in three days time we will cross the Jordan, to go and take the land God is giving to you to possess.’”
Joshua 4:5and told them, “Go back into the middle of the Jordan, right in front of the Ark of the Agreement of the Lord your God, and each of you pick up a stone and carry it on your shoulder, one for each of the tribes of Israel.
Joshua 8:32There in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the Law of Moses.
Ezekiel 11:19I will give them single-minded commitment and a whole new spirit. I will take away their hard-hearted attitude and replace it with one that is loving.
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 →