Deuteronomy 27:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when you have gone over Jordan, you are to put up these stones, as I have said to you today, in Mount Ebal, and have them coated with building-paste.

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  • Deut 11:29-30 : 29 And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land of your heritage, you are to put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30 Are they not on the other side of Jordan, looking west, in the land of the Canaanites living in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, by the holy tree of Moreh?
  • Josh 8:30-33 : 30 Then Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal, 31 In the way ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, as it is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, untouched by any iron instrument: and on it they made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord. 32 And he made there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, writing it before the eyes of the children of Israel. 33 And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement; half of them were stationed in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, in agreement with the orders for the blessing of the children of Israel which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had given.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 27:1-3
    3 verses
    91%

    1 Then Moses and the responsible men of Israel gave the people these orders: Keep all the orders which I have given you this day;

    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,

    3 And writing on them all the words of this law, after you have gone over; so that you may take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said.

  • Deut 11:29-32
    4 verses
    78%

    29 And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land of your heritage, you are to put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

    30 Are they not on the other side of Jordan, looking west, in the land of the Canaanites living in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, by the holy tree of Moreh?

    31 For you are about to go over Jordan to take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, and it will be your resting-place.

    32 And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.

  • Deut 27:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 There you are to make an altar to the Lord your God, of stones on which no iron instrument has been used.

    6 You are to make the altar of the Lord your God of uncut stones; offering on it burned offerings to the Lord your God:

  • Deut 27:8
    77%

    8 And put on the stones all the words of this law, writing them very clearly.

  • Josh 8:30-32
    3 verses
    76%

    30 Then Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

    31 In the way ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, as it is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, untouched by any iron instrument: and on it they made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.

    32 And he made there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, writing it before the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • Josh 4:5-9
    5 verses
    75%

    5 And 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:

    6 So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

    7 Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.

    8 So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.

    9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

  • Josh 4:20-22
    3 verses
    74%

    20 And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.

    21 And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

    22 Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.

  • Josh 4:3
    73%

    3 And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.

  • Josh 24:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26 And Joshua put these words on record, writing them in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and put it up there under the oak-tree which was in the holy place of the Lord.

    27 And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.

  • Num 33:51-52
    2 verses
    72%

    51 Say to the children of Israel, When you go over Jordan into the land of Canaan,

    52 See that all the people of the land are forced out from before you, and put to destruction all their pictured stones, and all their metal images, and all their high places:

  • Deut 4:26
    72%

    26 May heaven and earth be my witnesses against you today, that destruction will quickly overtake you, cutting you off from that land which you are going over Jordan to take; your days will not be long in that land, but you will come to a complete end.

  • Josh 3:8
    71%

    8 And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.

  • Deut 11:8
    71%

    8 So keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may be strong, and go in and take the land which is to be your heritage;

  • Deut 27:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

    11 That same day Moses said to the people,

  • Deut 6:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.

    10 And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;

  • Lev 14:42
    71%

    42 And they will take other stones and put them in place of those stones, and he will take other paste and put it on the walls of the house.

  • Deut 11:18
    70%

    18 So keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;

  • Deut 30:1
    70%

    1 Now when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have put before you, if the thought of them comes back to your minds, when you are living among the nations where the Lord your God has sent you,

  • Deut 4:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13 And he gave you his agreement with you, the ten rules which you were to keep, which he put in writing on the two stones of the law.

    14 And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.

  • Deut 11:20
    70%

    20 Writing them on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns:

  • Deut 3:27
    69%

    27 Go up to the top of Pisgah, and turning your eyes to the west and the north, to the south and the east, see the land with your eyes: for you are not to go over Jordan.

  • Deut 31:28
    69%

    28 Get together before me all those who are in authority in your tribes, and your overseers, so that I may say these things in their hearing, and make heaven and earth my witnesses against them.

  • Judg 2:2
    69%

    2 And you are to make no agreement with the people of this land; you are to see that their altars are broken down: but you have not given ear to my voice: what have you done?

  • Deut 32:46-47
    2 verses
    69%

    46 Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law.

    47 And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

  • Gen 31:45
    69%

    45 Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

  • Josh 4:1
    69%

    1 Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Deut 1:7
    69%

    7 Make a move now, and go on your way into the hill-country of the Amorites and the places near it, in the Arabah and the hill-country and in the lowlands and in the South and by the seaside, all the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

  • Deut 9:1
    69%

    1 Give 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;

  • Deut 11:27
    69%

    27 The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day:

  • Exod 39:7
    69%

    7 These he put on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel, as the Lord had said to Moses.