Deuteronomy 27:2
When <03117> [on the day.]
land <0776> [unto the.]
great stones <01419 068> [great stones.]
cover .... plaster <07874> [and plaister.]
Houbigant and others are of opinion that the original words, {wesadta othom beseed}, should be rendered "thou shalt cement them with cement," because this was intended to be a durable monument. Some suppose that the writing was to be in relievo, and that the spaces were to be filled up by the mortar or cement; as is frequently the case with eastern inscriptions.
Deuteronomy 27:4
Mount Ebal <02022 05858> [in mount Ebal.]
The Samaritan text has in mount Gerizim; which has given rise to a violent controversy. Dr. Kennicott suppose that the Jews corrupted this passage out of their enmity to the Samaritans, who had their temple on mount Gerizim; while Dr. Parry and H. Verschuir defend the present reading: to the writings of these authors the reader is referred.
