Deuteronomy 27:3

“And thou shall write upon them all the words of this law, etc.] Not the whole book of Deuteronomy, as some think, at least not the historical part of it, only what concerns the laws of God; and it may be only a summary or abstract of them, and perhaps only the ten commandments. Josephus f481 is of opinion that the blessings and the curses after recited were what were written on them: when thou art passed over; that is, the river Jordan: that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land flowing with milk and honey; this account of the land of Canaan is so frequently observed, to imprint upon their minds a sense of the great goodness of God in giving them such a…”

“thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law--It might be, as some think, the Decalogue; but a greater probability is that it was "the blessings and curses," which comprised in fact an epitome of the law (Jos 8:34).”

“All the words of this law - i. e. all the laws revealed from God to the people by Moses, regarded by the Jews as 613 (compare Numbers 15:38 note). The exhibition of laws in this manner on stones, pillars, or tables, was familiar to the ancients. The laws were probably graven in the stone (“very plainly,” Deuteronomy 27:8 is by some rendered “scoop it out well”), as are for the most part the Egyptian hieroglyphics, the “plaister” being afterward added to protect the inscription from the weather. return to 'Top of Page'”

“This law - The law properly so called, that is, the sum and substance of the precepts or laws of Moses, especially such as were moral, particularly the decalogue. Write it, that thou mayest go in - As the condition of thy entering into the land. For since Canaan is given only by promise, it must be held by obedience. Deuteronomy 27:4”

“27:3 this whole body of instruction (literally all the words of this torah): This phrase could refer to the entire book of Deuteronomy, but considering the small surface (27:2) on which the text was to be inscribed, it probably just refers to the Ten Commandments.”

“thou shalt: Jos 8:32; Jer 31:31-33; Co2 3:2, Co2 3:3; Heb 8:6-10, Heb 10:16 this law: This law probably means only the blessings and curses mentioned in this and the following chapter; which indeed contain an epitome of the whole law. a land: Deu 6:8, Deu 26:9; Lev 20:24; Num 13:27, Num 14:8; Jos 5:6; Jer 11:5, Jer 32:22 Deuteronomy 27:4”