Deuteronomy 27:6 BSB

Deuteronomy 27:6

You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.

BSB

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ASV

Thou shalt build the altar of Jehovah thy God of unhewn stones; and thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon unto Jehovah thy God:

KJV

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:

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Thou shall build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones,.... And of such Joshua did build it, Jos 8:31, and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God; and very likely sin offerings too; for these frequently went together, the one to make atonement for sin, and the other as a gift, and by way of thankfulness for the acceptance of the former; and both typical of Christ, the true sacrifice, and the antitype of all the legal sacrifices.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Whole stones - Rough, not hewed or polished. By the law written on the stones, God spake to them: by the altar and sacrifices upon it, they spake to God: and thus was communion kept up between them and God.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲבָנִ֤ים	'a.va.Nim	stones	H68 →
שְׁלֵמוֹת֙	she.le.mOt	complete	H8003 →
תִּבְנֶ֔ה	tiv.Neh	you will build	H1129 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִזְבַּ֖ח	miz.Bach	[the] altar of	H4196 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →
וְהַעֲלִ֤יתָ	ve.ha.'a.Li.ta	and you will offer up	H5927 →
עָלָיו֙	'a.Lav	on it	H5921 →
עוֹלֹ֔ת	o.Lot	burnt offerings	H5930 →
לַיהוָ֖ה	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →

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Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
leads to
- John 13:34
  A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- Galatians 2:20
  I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved…
- Colossians 3:14
  And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
- 2 Corinthians 2:15
  For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
- Matthew 20:28
  just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Deuteronomy

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Deuteronomy