Deuteronomy 27:15

“Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, etc.] The blessings and the form of them are not recorded, because they were not to be had from the law, and through obedience to it; and therefore there is a profound silence about them, to put men upon seeking for them elsewhere, and which are only to be had in Christ, especially spiritual ones; but we may suppose they were delivered in the same form, and respecting the same things as the curses, only just the reverse of them; as, “blessed is the man that maketh not any graven image”, etc. The order of both is given in the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; (see Gill on “<051129>Deuteronomy 11:29”). This curse respects the…”

“Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place. Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13 The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are added to the latter from the descendants of the wives, that of Reuben, probably because he forfeited his primogeniture Genesis 49:4; and of Zebulun, apparently because he was the youngest son of Leah. The transaction presents itself as a solemn renewal…”

“Cursed - The curses are expressed, but not the blessings. For as many as were under the law, were under the curse. But it was an honour reserved for Christ to bless us; to do that which the law could not do. So in his sermon on the mount, the true mount Gerizzim, we have blessings only. The man - Under this particular he understands all the gross violations of the first table, as under the following branches he comprehends all other sins against the second table. Amen - 'Tis easy to understand the meaning of Amen to the blessings. But how could they say it to the curses? It was both a profession of their faith in the truth of it, and an acknowledgment of the equity of these curses. So that…”

“27:15 carves or casts an idol: Such behavior would strike at the very heart of the covenant ideal by violating the second commandment (see 5:7-10).”

“Cursed be: Deu 28:16-19; Gen 9:25; Sa1 26:19; Jer 11:3 maketh: Deu 4:16-23, Deu 5:8; Exo 20:4, Exo 20:23, Exo 32:1-4, Exo 34:17; Lev 19:4, Lev 26:1; Isa 44:9, Isa 44:10, Isa 44:17; Hos 13:2, Hos 13:3 an abomination: Deu 29:17; Kg1 11:5-7; Kg2 23:13; Ch2 33:2; Isa 44:19; Eze 7:20; Dan 11:31; Mat 24:15; Rev 17:4, Rev 17:5 and putteth: Gen 31:19, Gen 31:34; Kg2 17:19; Psa 44:20, Psa 44:21; Jer 23:24; Eze 8:7-12, Eze 14:4 And all: Num 5:22; Jer 11:5, Jer 28:6; Mat 6:13; Co1 14:16 Amen: To each of the curses the people were to say Amen, as well as to the blessings; to denote a profession of their faith in the truth of them, that they were the real declarations of the wrath of God; and an…”

“In Deu 27:15-26 there follow twelve curses, answering to the number of the tribes of Israel. The first is directed against those who make graven or molten images of Jehovah, and set them up in secret, that is to say, against secret breaches of the second commandment ( Exo 20:4); the second against contempt of, or want of reverence towards, parents ( Exo 21:17); the third against those who remove boundaries ( Deu 19:14); the fourth against the man who leads the blind astray ( Lev 19:14); the fifth against those who pervert the right of orphans and widows ( Deu 24:17); the sixth against incest with a mother ( Deu 23:1; Deu 18:8); the seventh against unnatural vices ( Lev 18:23); the eighth and…”