The Meaning of Deuteronomy 27:5 Explained

Deuteronomy 27:5

KJV: And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

YLT: and built there an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones, thou dost not wave over them iron.

Darby: And there shalt thou build an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt not lift up an iron tool upon them;

ASV: And there shalt thou build an altar unto Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them.

Discover Deuteronomy 27:5

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Deuteronomy 27:5?

MEANING: What does Deuteronomy 27:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 27:5 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Deuteronomy 27:5?

What is the context of Deuteronomy 27:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up [any] iron [tool] upon them.

What does Deuteronomy 27:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 27:1-26 - Curses Upon Evildoers

Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal were two masses of limestone rock, reaching 2700 and 2000 feet above the sea-level. Between them lay a beautiful valley, about 300 yards wide. At the foot and on the lower slopes of Gerizim stood the descendants of Rachel and Leah; on those of Ebal, the descendants of Zilpah and Bilhah, together with Zebulun and with Reuben, who had forfeited the rights of the first-born. The priests and the Levites, grouped beside the Ark in the valley, uttered both the benedictions and the solemn denunciations of the Law, each item eliciting the responsive "Amens."

Notice the sensitiveness of the divine Spirit! To make a blind man wander out of his way and to wrest the judgment of the fatherless, was held to be as reprehensible as to commit those terrible breaches of the law of purity. Nothing in life is insignificant or trivial when weighed in the balance of eternal justice. We can only rejoice when we realize that we are accepted in the Beloved, and that He has stood for us, Romans 3:20; Romans 5:1-3; Romans 5:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 27

¹ The people are commanded to write the law upon stones
⁵ and to build an altar of whole stones
¹¹ The tribes to be divided on Gerizim and Ebal
¹⁴ The curses to be pronounced on mount Ebal

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 27:5 mean?

Moreover, you shall build there an altar to Yahweh your God an altar of stones not you shall use on them an iron [tool]

וּבָנִ֤יתָ שָּׁם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ מִזְבַּ֣ח אֲבָנִ֔ים לֹא־ תָנִ֥יף עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם בַּרְזֶֽל

וּבָנִ֤יתָ	Moreover, you shall build
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular Root: בָּנָה Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
מִזְבֵּ֔חַ	an altar
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מִזְבֵּחַ Sense: altar.
לַיהוָ֖ה	to Yahweh
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ	your God
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural).
מִזְבַּ֣ח	an altar
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מִזְבֵּחַ Sense: altar.
אֲבָנִ֔ים	of stones
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: אֶבֶן Sense: stone (large or small).
תָנִ֥יף	you shall use
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular Root: הֲנָפָה Sense: to move to and fro, wave, besprinkle.
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	on them
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
בַּרְזֶֽל	an iron [tool]
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּרְזֶל Sense: iron.

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