Deuteronomy 27:3

¹ Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.

² And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.

Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

⁴ And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster.

⁵ Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
KJV: 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.
WEB: You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have passed over, that you may go in to the land which the LORD your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
ASV: 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 Jehovah thy God giveth thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised thee.
DARBY: and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou goest over that thou mayest enter into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
BLB: And you shall write on them all the words of this law in your passing over, so that you may enter into the land that YHWH your God is giving to you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as YHWH, God of your fathers, has spoken to you.

ÅB: På dem skal du, når du er kommet over, skrive alle ordene i denne lov, for at du kan komme inn i det land Herren din Gud gir deg, et land som flyter med melk og honning, slik som Herren, dine fedres Gud, har tilsagt deg.
OTB: Skriv på dem alle ordene i denne loven når dere har krysset over, så dere kan komme inn i det landet Herren deres Gud gir dere, et land som flyter av melk og honning, slik Herren, deres fedres Gud, lovet dere.
B1930: På dem skal du, når du er kommet over, skrive alle ordene i denne lov, forat du kan komme inn i det land Herren din Gud gir dig, et land som flyter med melk og honning, således som Herren, dine fedres Gud, har tilsagt dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Joshua 8:32
And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
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Deuteronomy 26:9
And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Numbers 14:8
If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
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Jeremiah 31:31–33
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
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Hebrews 10:16
“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
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Numbers 13:27
And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
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2 Corinthians 3:2–3
You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
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Joshua 5:6
For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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