Deut. 27:4 & 8 - "And when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you today, on Mt. Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster...and you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly."

Last weekend our church completed a 13-week survey of Deuteronomy in one of our classes. In chapter 27 Moses told the nation that when they entered the land of Canaan, they were to go to the top of Mt. Ebal and set up a pile of white-washed stones and write the law on them. Next, they were to construct an altar to God of uncut stones. Finally, they were to organize the nation into two groups, placing one group on Mt. Ebal and another on Mt. Gerizim, very much like filling opposing sides of a modern stadium. Then the Levites would recite the blessings and curses of the law as one side of the "stadium" verbally confirmed the curses by saying "Amen" while…