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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:18

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Deuteronomy 27 In this chapter the people of Israel are ordered to write the law on plastered stones, and set them on Mount Ebal, Deuteronomy 27:1; where they are bid to erect an altar, and offer sacrifices on it, Deuteronomy 27:5; and are charged by Moses and the priests to obey the Lord, and keep his commandments, Deuteronomy 27:9; and a direction is given to each tribes which...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way,.... By directing him wrong knowingly, or laying a stumbling block in his way, Leviticus 19:14. The Targum of Jonathan is, "that maketh a traveller wander out of the way, who like a blind man;'' who knows his way no more than a blind man does. Jarchi interprets it, "that blinds in anything, and gives evil counsel;'' which leads men to...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Moses having very largely and fully set before the people their duty, both to God and one another, in general and in particular instances,—having shown them plainly what is good, and what the law requires of them,—and having in the close of the foregoing chapter laid them under the obligation both of the command and the covenant, he comes in this chapter to prescribe outward means, I. For the...