Deuteronomy 27:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And it shall be, when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And it hath been, in your passing over the Jordan, ye raise up these stones which I am commanding you to-day, in mount Ebal, and thou hast plaistered them with plaister,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 27:4 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 11:29When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
  2. Deuteronomy 27:13And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
  3. Joshua 8:30At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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