SEV Biblia, Chapter 27:5
y edificarás allí altar al SEÑOR tu Dios, altar de piedras; no alzarás sobre ellas herramienta de hierro.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 5. And there shall thou build an altar to the Lord thy God , etc.] On the same mountain, though not of the same stones. Jarchi’s note is, “after that (the setting up of the plastered stones) thou shalt bring from thence (from Jordan) others, and build of them an altar on Mount Ebal;” but Josephus places this altar not on Mount Ebal, but between that and Gerizim. This altar, he says, was ordered to be built towards the rising sun, not far from the city of Shechem, between two mountains, Gerizim and Ebal; but the text is express, that it was to be built where the stones were set up, which was on Mount Ebal, and there it was built, ( Joshua 8:30); an altar of stones; of whole stones, as in ( Deuteronomy 27:6), not broken, nor hewed, but rough as they were when taken out of the quarry: thou shalt not lift up [any] iron [tool] upon them ; to hew them, and make them smooth; (see Gill on “ Exodus 20:25”); Ver. 6 . Thou shall build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones , etc.] And of such Joshua did build it, ( Joshua 8:31); and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God ; and very likely sin offerings too; for these frequently went together, the one to make atonement for sin, and the other as a gift, and by way of thankfulness for the acceptance of the former; and both typical of Christ, the true sacrifice, and the antitype of all the legal sacrifices.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-10 - As soon as they were come into Canaan, they must set up a monument, of which they must write the words of this law. They must set up an altar The word and prayer must go together. Though they might not, of their own heads, set up any altar besides that at the tabernacle; yet, by the appointment of God, they might, upon special occasion. This altar mus be made of unhewn stones, such as they found upon the field. Christ our Altar, is a stone cut out of the mountain without hands, refused by the builders, as having no form or comeliness, but accepted of God the Father, and made the Head of the corner. In the Old Testament the word of the law are written, with the curse annexed; which would overcome u with horror, if we had not, in the New Testament, an altar erecte close by, which gives consolation. Blessed be God, the printed copie of the Scriptures among us, do away the necessity of such methods a were presented to Israel. The end of the gospel ministry is, and the end of preachers ought to be, to make the word of God as plain a possible. Yet, unless the Spirit of God prosper such labours with Divine power, we shall not, even by these means, be made wise unt salvation: for this blessing we should therefore daily and earnestl pray.
Original Hebrew
ובנית 1129 שׁם 8033 מזבח 4196 ליהוה 3068 אלהיך 430 מזבח 4196 אבנים 68 לא 3808 תניף 5130 עליהם 5921 ברזל׃ 1270
