And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
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Gill's Exposition
And it shall be, on the day when you shall pass over Jordan,.... Not the precise day exactly, but about that time, a little after they passed that river, as soon as they conveniently could; for it was…
Barnes' Notes
The stones here named are not those of which the altar Deu 27:5 was to be built, but are to serve as a separate monument witnessing to the fact that the people took possession of the land by virtue of…
Here is, I. A general charge to the people to keep God's commandments; for in vain did they know them, unless they would do them. This is pressed upon them, 1. With all authority. Moses with the…
Cambridge Bible
on the day on which ye shall pass over Jordan The Heb. idiom (cp. 2Sa 19:20; Est 9:1) implies the very day on which they were crossing, and not (vaguely) the time when they crossed; and this is…
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