Deuteronomy 27:4

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So when you cross the Jordan you must erect on Mount Ebal these stones about which I am commanding you today, and you must cover them with plaster.

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  • Deut 11:29-30 : 29 When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess, you must pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30 Are they not across the Jordan River, toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the rift valley opposite Gilgal near the oak of Moreh?
  • Josh 8:30-33 : 30 Covenant Renewal Then Joshua built an altar for the LORD God of Israel on Mount Ebal, 31 just as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. On it they offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD and sacrificed tokens of peace. 32 There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses. 33 All the people, rulers, leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the LORD’s servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony.

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  • Deut 27:1-3
    3 verses
    91%

    1The Assembly at Shechem Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people:“Pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today.

    2When you cross the Jordan River to the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must erect great stones and cover them with plaster.

    3Then you must inscribe on them all the words of this law when you cross over, so that you may enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, said to you.

  • Deut 11:29-32
    4 verses
    78%

    29When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess, you must pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

    30Are they not across the Jordan River, toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the rift valley opposite Gilgal near the oak of Moreh?

    31For you are about to cross the Jordan to possess the land the LORD your God is giving you, and you will possess and inhabit it.

    32Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.

  • Deut 27:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5Then you must build an altar there to the LORD your God, an altar of stones– do not use an iron tool on them.

    6You must build the altar of the LORD your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 27:8
    77%

    8You must inscribe on the stones all the words of this law, making them clear.”

  • Josh 8:30-32
    3 verses
    76%

    30Covenant Renewal Then Joshua built an altar for the LORD God of Israel on Mount Ebal,

    31just as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. On it they offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD and sacrificed tokens of peace.

    32There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses.

  • Josh 4:5-9
    5 verses
    75%

    5Joshua told them,“Go in front of the ark of the LORD your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.

    6The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday,‘Why are these stones important to you?’

    7tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”

    8The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the LORD had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.

    9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.

  • Josh 4:20-22
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    20Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

    21He told the Israelites,“When your children someday ask their fathers,‘What do these stones represent?’

    22explain to your children,‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’

  • Josh 4:3
    73%

    3Instruct them,‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

  • Josh 24:26-27
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    26Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the LORD’s shrine.

    27Joshua said to all the people,“Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”

  • Num 33:51-52
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    51“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

    52you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.

  • Deut 4:26
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    26I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely and swiftly be removed from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be annihilated.

  • Josh 3:8
    71%

    8Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant,‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.’”

  • Deut 11:8
    71%

    8The Abundance of the Land of Promise Now pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed,

  • Deut 27:10-11
    2 verses
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    10You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”

    11Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day:

  • Deut 6:9-10
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    71%

    9Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and gates.

    10Exhortation to Worship the Lord Exclusively Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you– a land with large, fine cities you did not build,

  • Lev 14:42
    71%

    42They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.

  • Deut 11:18
    70%

    18Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

  • Deut 30:1
    70%

    1The Results of Covenant Reaffirmation“When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the LORD your God has banished you.

  • Deut 4:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13And he revealed to you the covenant he has commanded you to keep, the ten commandments, writing them on two stone tablets.

    14Moreover, at that same time the LORD commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land which you are about to enter and possess.

  • Deut 11:20
    70%

    20Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates

  • Deut 3:27
    69%

    27Go up to the top of Pisgah and take a good look to the west, north, south, and east, for you will not be allowed to cross the Jordan.

  • Deut 31:28
    69%

    28Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

  • Judg 2:2
    69%

    2but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing?

  • Deut 32:46-47
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    69%

    46he said to them,“Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.

    47For this is no idle word for you– it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”

  • Gen 31:45
    69%

    45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.

  • Josh 4:1
    69%

    1Israel Commemorates the Crossing When the entire nation was on the other side, the LORD told Joshua,

  • Deut 1:7
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    7Head out and resume your journey. Enter the Amorite hill country, and into all its neighboring areas, including the rift valley, the hill country, the foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain– all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates.

  • Deut 9:1
    69%

    1Theological Justification of the Conquest Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.

  • Deut 11:27
    69%

    27the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,

  • Exod 39:7
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    7He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the Israelites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.