What Does Deuteronomy 27:3 Mean?

“And thou shalt write”

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“upon them all the words”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“of this law”

a precept or statute, especially the decalogue or pentateuch

this (often used adverb)

“when thou art passed over”

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that thou mayest go in”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“thee a land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“as the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“giveth”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“thee a land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“that floweth”

to flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow

“with milk”

milk (as the richness of kine)

“and honey”

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“hath promised”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

“as the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“of thy fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application