--- title: "Bullinger" description: "And Moses. This is the beginning of the fifth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1 . this day. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26 . on the day = in the day," image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/deuteronomy/27" --- **And Moses.** This is the beginning of the fifth address. See note on [Deuteronomy 1:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/1) . **this day.** See note on [Deuteronomy 4:26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/26) . **on the day** = in the day, or, when. See App-18 . **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 . **stones:** i.e. rough and unhewn. Compare [Exodus 20:25](../../../kjv/exodus/20/25) . **plaister** = gypsum. A hard white cement. **write.** See note on [Exodus 17:14](../../../kjv/exodus/17/14) . Compare [Joshua 8:30-32](../../../kjv/joshua/8/30-32) . **this law:** i.e. which follows, viz. the blessings and curses. **as** = according as. **in mount Ebal.** The stones, therefore, carried thither from Jordan. **Ebal** = heaps. **iron.** Probably a technical name for a chisel, as we now associate it with a laundry or a prison. **very plainly.** A useful hint for us = plainly and well. **Take heed** = keep silence, or, take note. **commandments.** In Hebrew text written singular, but read plural, as here. **Simeon.** For order of tribes see App-45 . **speak, and say.** Note idiom, usually rendered in New Testament "answer and say". The first verb is to be rendered according to the context. Here = "curse and say". **Cursed.** Figure of speech *An* aphor *a* . See App-6 . "Cursed" twelve times. **any graven** = a sculpture. Compare [Deuteronomy 4:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/23) .[Leviticus 19:4](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/4) . **Amen.** Note the Figure of speech *Epistrophe* (see App-6 ), each clause ending with the same word "Amen. " **setteth light.** Compare [Exodus 21:17](../../../kjv/exodus/21/17) . [Leviticus 19:3](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/3) . **removeth.** Compare [Deuteronomy 19:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/19/14) . **the blind.** Compare [Leviticus 19:14](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/14) . **stranger** = foreigner. These three put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species) for all kinds of afflicted. Compare [Deuteronomy 24:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/17) . [Exodus 22:21](../../../kjv/exodus/22/21) , [Exodus 22:22](../../../kjv/exodus/22/22) .[Jeremiah 22:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/3) . **lieth.** Compare [Deuteronomy 22:30](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/22/30) . [Leviticus 18:8](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/8) ; [Leviticus 20:11](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/11) . **beast.** Compare [Exodus 22:19](../../../kjv/exodus/22/19) . [Leviticus 18:23](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/23) ; [Leviticus 20:15](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/15) . **his sister.** Compare [Leviticus 18:9](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/9) ; [Leviticus 20:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/17) . **mother in law.** Compare [Leviticus 18:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/17) ; [Leviticus 20:14](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/14) . **smiteth.** Compare [Exodus 21:12](../../../kjv/exodus/21/12) . **reward** = bribe. Compare [Deuteronomy 10:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/17) ; [Deuteronomy 16:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/19) . [Exodus 23:7](../../../kjv/exodus/23/7) , [Exodus 23:8](../../../kjv/exodus/23/8) . [Psalms 15:5](../../../kjv/psalms/15/5) . **person** = soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . **confirmeth not.** Compare [Deuteronomy 28:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/1) , [Deuteronomy 28:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/15) .[Jeremiah 11:3-5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/3-5) .[Galatians 1:3](../../../kjv/galatians/1/3) , [Galatians 1:10](../../../kjv/galatians/1/10) . **all.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, have this "all" in the text. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/deuteronomy/27#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 27"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/deuteronomy/27#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/deuteronomy/27","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 27","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/deuteronomy/27#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"And Moses. 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