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Deuteronomy 27 Translation Questions
Q? What did Moses and the elders of Israel command the people of Israel to keep?
A. Moses and the elders of Israel told the people to keep all the commandments that Moses commanded them that day. [27:1]
Q? What must the people of Israel do after they pass over the Jordan to the land which Yahweh would give them?
A. They must set up some large stones with plaster and write on them all the words of the law. [27:4]
Q? What must the people of Israel build on Mount Ebal?
A. The people of Israel must build an altar of stone to Yahweh without using iron tools to offer burned offerings to him. [27:5]
Q? What were the people of Israel to write on the stones they had plastered?
A. They were to write on the stones very plainly all the words of the law. [27:8]
Q? Why was it important for the people of Israel to hear the voice of Yahweh and obey his commandments that day?
A. It was important because on that day they became the people of Yahweh. [27:9-10]
Q? Why were six of the tribes of Israel commanded to stand on Mount Gerizim?
A. Moses told the people that six of the tribes of Israel must stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people. [27:11-12]
Q? Why were six of the tribes of Israel commanded to stand on Mount Ebal?
A.Six of the tribes of Israel were commanded to stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses. [27:13]
Q? What is one thing that is disgusting to Yahweh?
A. One thing that is disgusting to Yahweh is a carved or cast figure made by a craftsman who sets it up in secret. [27:15]
Q? Why is a man cursed if he lies with his father's wife?
A. A man is cursed if he sleeps with his father's wife, because he has taken away his father's rights. [27:20]
Q? What did the Levites say would happen to the man who secretly kills his neighbor or takes a bribe to kill an innocent person?
A. That the man would be cursed. [27:24-25]
Q? Why did the Levites say a man should confirm the words of this law by obeying them?
A. A man should obey the words of this law so he would not be cursed. [27:26]