Passage Research
Deuteronomy 27 — Sermon Preparation
After crossing the Jordan, Israel is to set up plastered stones inscribed with the law at Ebal and build an altar; the Levites then pronounce twelve curses for specific transgressions. Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 27, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 26
- verses
- 326 / 125
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Deuteronomy 27 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָרַר | ʼârar | H779 | 12 | execrate |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 16 | people, tribe |
| שִׂיד | sîyd | H7874 | 4 | plaster |
| אֶבֶן | ʼeben | H68 | 5 | stone |
| צָוָה | tsâvâh | H6680 | 5 | constitute, enjoin |
| שָׁכַב | shâkab | H7901 | 4 | lie down |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 5 | father |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 27, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a curse would be upon those who do such things. To each of the curses the people were to say, Amen. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 27:11–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jordan— Deut 27:12
- Mount Gerizim— Deut 27:12
- Mount Ebal— Deut 27:13
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