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deuteronomy 27 Moses and the elders charge the people to build an altar to God, and to offer on it burnt offerings . Moses charges the people that half of the tribes are to stand on Mount Gerizim (pictured, left) when the blessings are spoken , and half the tribes stand on Mount Ebal (pictured, right) when the curses are spoken.
The Mishnah told that after they had completed all the blessings and curses, the Israelites brought the stones that Moses directed them to set up in Deuteronomy 27:2–4, built the altar and plastered it with plaster, and inscribed on it all the words of the Torah in 70 languages, as Deuteronomy 27:8 says, "very plainly."
The present position of these explicit blessings and curses, within a larger narrative of promise, and a far larger narrative of threat (respectively), is considered to have been an editorial decision for the post-exilic second version of Deuteronomy (Dtr2), to reflect the deuteronomist's worldview after the Babylonian exile had occurred. [7]
While Leviticus 12:6–8 required a new mother to bring a burnt-offering and a sin-offering, Leviticus 26:9 Deuteronomy 28:11 and Psalm 127:3–5 make clear that having children is a blessing from God, Genesis 15:2 and 1 Samuel 1:5–11 characterize childlessness as a misfortune, and Leviticus 20:20 and Deuteronomy 28:18 threaten childlessness ...
The altar to God is again mentioned in the Book of Joshua, when, after the Battle of Ai, Joshua builds an altar of unhewn stones, the Israelites make peace offerings on it, the law of Moses is written onto the stones, and the Israelites split into the two groups specified in Deuteronomy and pronounce blessings on Mount Gerizim and curses on ...
DEUTERONOMY 27. Moses and the elders charge the people to build an altar to God, ... Nitzavim – Curse – Blessing – 613 mitzvot – Patriarchs – Abraham ...
Patrick D. Miller in his commentary on Deuteronomy suggests that different views of the structure of the book will lead to different views on what it is about. [4] The structure is often described as a series of three speeches or sermons (chapters 1:1–4:43, 4:44–29:1, 29:2–30:20) followed by a number of short appendices [5] or some kind of epilogue (31:1–34:12), consist of commission ...
A suggested comparison of the treaty structure with the book of Deuteronomy is as follows: Preamble (cf. Deuteronomy 1:1–4) Historical prologue (cf. Deuteronomy 1:5–3:29) Stipulations (cf. Deuteronomy 4–26) Document clause (cf. Deuteronomy 27) List of gods as witnesses (notably lacking in Deuteronomy) Sanctions: curses and blessings (cf ...