Deu 27:2-8 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ So it shall be on the day when you cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God gives you, that you shall set up for yourself large stones and coat them with lime

Deuteronomy 27:2-8

2 ^a“So it shall be on the day when you cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God gives you, that you shall set up for yourself large stones and coat them with lime 3 and write on them all the words of this law, when you cross over, so that you may enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, ^ba land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, ^{▼▼ Lit spoke to}promised you. 4 “So it shall be when you cross the Jordan, you shall set up ^don Mount Ebal, these stones, ^{▼▼ Lit which}as I am commanding you today, and you shall coat them with lime. 5 “Moreover, you shall build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you ^fshall not ^{▼▼ Lit lift up}wield an iron tool on them. 6 “You shall build the altar of the Lord your God of ^{▼▼ Lit whole}uncut stones, and you shall offer on it burnt offerings to the Lord your God; 7 and you shall sacrifice peace offerings and eat there, and ⁱrejoice before the Lord your God. 8 “You shall write on the ^{▼▼ I.e. stones coated with lime, cf v 4}stones all the words of this law very distinctly.”