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2017 July 11

The Triumph of Death (Il Trionfo della Morte) - (c. 1446)
Unknown Master (fl. mid-15th century)
International Gothic Style
Galleria Regionale della Sicilia (Palermo), Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Image Source: Wikimedia

SPECIAL NOTE:

[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]

     Explanation: Deuteronomy 27 begins with a command to Israel to set up plaster covered stones on Mount Ebal in the Promised Land and write the words of the law upon them. They are then to build an altar of uncut stones and offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon it (1-8). The priests are then to say to the Israelites that they have become the people of the LORD their God and command them to obey the LORD (9-10). Moses then told the people to station certain tribes on Mount Gerizim to bless the people and others on Mount Ebal to curse. The Levites are to initiate the proceeding by leading the people in pronouncing the curses (11-14). Idolaters are cursed (15). Those who despise, reproach, or curse their father or mother are cursed (16). Those who remove landmarks are cursed (17). Those who make the blind wander out of the way are cursed (18). Those who deny justice to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow are cursed (19). Those who have relations with their stepmother are cursed (20). Those who commit bestiality are cursed (21). Those who have relations with their half-sister are cursed (22). Those who have relations with their mother in law are cursed (23). Those who strike down their neighbor in secret are cursed (24). Those who take a reward to slay the innocent are cursed (25). Those who do not confirm and do all the words of the law are cursed (26). To all of these things the people are to say amen.
     [ Sermons: Albert Mohler. Various. ]
     [ Illustration: Curses (signifying the triumph of death, as in the painting above) are prominent in Deuteronomy 27. ]

RESOURCES

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          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Deuteronomy 27: [2] Isaiah 33:12; Amos 2:2. [3] Joshua 8:32-35. [8] Joshua 3; Joshua 8:32; Deuteronomy 1:5. [16] Deuteronomy 5:17. -- From Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers ]

          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]

HARMONY OF THE LAW

John Calvin - CCEL | Analytical Chart - BLB

GOSPEL HARMONIES

Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible

Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF)

HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES

Bible Hub Interlinear Hebrew and Greek Bible

Bible Hub Hebrew Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Hebrew Interlinear

Mounce Interlinear | Bible Hub Greek Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Greek Interlinear Bible

Pentateuch Detailed Outline:

Genesis Detailed Outline:

Exodus Detailed Outline:

Leviticus Detailed Outline

Old Testament Offerings Chart

Numbers Detailed Outline

Deuteronomy Detailed Outline

Deuteronomy 27

{Pentateuch Outline: 14. Generations of Aaron & Moses (Nu 3:1 - Dt 34:12) 1445 - 1406 B.C. Sinai}

DEUTERONOMY (COVENANT INSTRUCTION CONTINUES: COVENANT RENEWED WITH 5TH GENERATION)

Moses Renews the Covenant: (Moses' Last Days) (Dt 1:1 - Dt 34:12) 1406 B.C. Transjordan

(Note 1: "Transjordan" = the East Side of Jordan)

(Note 2: Deuteronomy bears a striking resemblance to treaties found in Hittite, Syrian, and Mesopotamian cultures. These date from the 17^th to the 13^th centuries B.C. and are generally unilateral treaties given by a great king to a vassal state. With some variations, they have a basic 6 part structure: Preamble, Prologue, Stipulations, Preservation and Proclamation of the Covenant, Witnesses, and Sanctions. Deuteronomy has additional material, and the order varies. Treaty headings are in bold, below.)

(Note 3: The first 4 books of the Pentateuch could be considered its Historical Prologue. Material from those books is referred to by quotation or allusion frequently in Deuteronomy. These 4 are a sweeping, extended Prologue; and the shorter Prologue in Deuteronomy concentrates on Israel's more immediate history, especially their victories; and it draws out the implications of these, especially assurance. The Preamble, if any, in these 1st 4 books is in Ge 1:1, since it clearly implies that God, as creator of everything, has the right to establish and maintain the relationships of blessing and judgment found throughout the Pentateuch, and indeed in the whole of Scripture. The reason, purpose, and meaning of the Pentateuch are, therefore, implicit in the words "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.")

1. Moses' Farewell Address: (Dt 1:1 - Dt 33:29) 1406 B.C. Transjordan

a. Address: Part 1 - History - Covenant Preamble & Prologue (Dt 1:1 - Dt 4:49) 1406 B.C. Transjordan

(Note: 1:1-5 may be a later explanatory addition - cf., v. 5)

b. Address: Part 2 - Law - Covenant Provisions (Dt 4:44 - Dt 30:20) 1406 B.C. Transjordan

1. Stipulations (Laws) (Dt 4:44 - Dt 27:8 ) - 1406 B.C. Transjordan
(Note: Moses begins this section by exhorting Israel to "hear," "learn," and "obey." These and similar exhortations are repeated throughout Deuteronomy, but are especially prominent in chapters 5-27. Examples include Dt 1:18; 4:1-2,5-6,9-10,14-15; 5:1,28-33; 6:1-9,16-18; 7:11; 8:1,11; 10:12-13; 11:8,22-23,32; 12:1,28,32; 13:4,18; 18:15-20; 19:9; 26:16; 27:1,10; 28:1,14-15; 29:1,12,29; 30:1-3,6,15-16,19-20; 31:12-13; 33:4,10. The people respond positively, saying "we will" hear and do - 5:27; it "shall be" our righteousness to do all - 6:25; and they "avouched" or "vowed" to keep YHWH's ways - 26:17. In response, YHWH ratified the covenant by accepting them as his people - 26:18-19.)

a. The Ten Commandments (covenant of their God, at Horeb - 5:2) (Dt 4:44 - Dt 13:18 ) - 1406 B.C. Transjordan
(Note: This section and the next, "The Civil Laws," emphasize the mutual "ownership" between YHWH and Israel. Here YHWH is called Israel's God - "Your God," - a phrase used repeatedly throughout the section to indicate that YHWH "belongs" to them in a special sense. In the next section the emphasis shifts, and Israel is repeatedly called not just the "people" of YHWH, but the "children of YHWH," emphasizing that Israel belongs to YHWH in a special sense. Both of these designations are used throughout the respective sections to motivate Israel to obedience.)

b. The Civil Laws (for the children of YHWH) (Dt 14:1 - Dt 27:8) - 1406 B.C. Transjordan

2. Sanctions (Curses and Blessings) (Dt 27:9 - Dt 30:20) - 1406 B.C. Transjordan

     ¹ And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. ² 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: ³ And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee. ⁴ Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. ⁵ 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. ⁶ Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones : and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God: ⁷ And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God. ⁸ And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

2. Sanctions (Curses and Blessings) (Dt 27:9 - Dt 30:20) - 1406 B.C. Transjordan

     ⁹ And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. ¹⁰ Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
     ¹¹ And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, ¹² These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: ¹³ And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. ¹⁴ And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
     ¹⁵ Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
     ¹⁶ Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
     ¹⁷ Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
     ¹⁸ Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
     ¹⁹ Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
     ²⁰ Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
     ²¹ Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
     ²² Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
     ²³ Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
     ²⁴ Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
     ²⁵ Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²⁶ Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen..

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