Deuteronomy 27:26
in Deuteronomy 27‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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ASV
Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
KJV
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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This verse in Deuteronomy 27
Commentary
7 notes on this verseMoses was the writer of a great part of the law. Did he not add to it a threat against the transgressor or the negligent? He presents a general malediction upon all violators. This is seen in his introduction to the announcement of this most frightful penalty: "Cursed be every man that abides not in all that is written in the book of this law"; and elsewhere, "Cursed be he that does the work of the Lord negligently."
This site's exposition
Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice
The twelfth curse gathers the eleven and reaches past them, falling on anyone who does not keep the words of this law. Paul quotes it at Galatians 3:10, following the Greek of the Septuagint with its added word all, which the Hebrew lacks.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Confirmeth not - Or, performeth not. To this we must all say, Amen! Owning ourselves to be under the curse, and that we must have perished forever, if Christ had not redeemed us from the curse of the law, by being made a curse for us.
By our obedience to the law we set our seal to it, and so confirm it, as by our disobedience we do what lies in us to disannul it, Ps. cxix. The apostle, following all the ancient versions, reads it, Cursed is every one that continues not, Gal. iii.
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them,.... That is, who does not perfectly perform all that the law requires, and continues to do so; for the law requires obedience, and that perfect and constant, and in failure thereof curses, in proof of which the apostle produces this passage; see Gill on Gal 3:10, for the reconciliation of these Scriptures, as to what seeming difference there is between them: and all the people shall say, Amen; See Gill on Deu 27:15; See Gill on Deu 27:16.
10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the L ORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. 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.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
That confirmeth not all the words of this law - The word כל col, All, is not found in any printed copy of the Hebrew text; but the Samaritan preserves it, and so do six MSS. in the collections of Kennicott and De Rossi, besides several copies of the Chaldee Targum. The Septuagint also, and St. Paul in his quotation of this place, Gal 3:10. St. Jerome says that the Jews suppressed the word, that it might not appear that they were bound to fulfill All the precepts in the law of Moses.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָר֗וּר | ʾarur | [is] cursed | H779 → | 63 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ʾasher | [the one] who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָקִ֛ים | yakim | he will carry out | H6965 → | 628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֥י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַתּוֹרָֽה־ | hatorah- | the law | H8451 → | 219 times |
| הַזֹּ֖את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת | laasot | by observing | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אוֹתָ֑ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְאָמַ֥ר | veamar | and it will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אָמֵֽן׃ פ | ʾamen | amen | H543 → | 30 times |
אָר֗וּר[is] cursed
ʾarurH779 →63 times
אֲשֶׁ֧ר[the one] who
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָקִ֛יםhe will carry out
yakimH6965 →628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
הַתּוֹרָֽה־the law
hatorah-H8451 →219 times
הַזֹּ֖את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתby observing
laasotH6213 →2628 times
אוֹתָ֑ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וְאָמַ֥רand it will say
veamarH559 →5305 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
אָמֵֽן׃ פamen
ʾamenH543 →30 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
it leads to
- Romans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- Romans 3:19–20
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Deuteronomy 11:26–28
See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
- Jeremiah 11:3
You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
- James 2:9–11
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
- Romans 8:7
Through
Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
it leads to
- Leviticus 18:5
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 18:5
Through
Ezekiel 18:24But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 33:18
If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
- Proverbs 21:16
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
- Ezekiel 33:18
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Basil of Caesarea, CONCERNING BAPTISM 5; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.