Deuteronomy 27:11

And Moses charged the people the same,.... That he gave the above orders to set up stones, and plaster them, and write the law on them, and build an altar in the same place, and offer sacrifices when…

Compare Jos 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place. Deu 27:12, Deu 27:13 The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the…

When the law was written, to be seen and read by all men, the sanctions of it were to be published, which, to complete the solemnity of their covenanting with God, they were deliberately to declare…

Appointment of Tribes to Bless and to Curse

Ch. Deu 11:29 (q.v.) commands that the blessing for obedience be set on Mt Gerizim, the curse for disobedience on Mt -Ebal. Set(lit. give) implies some…