Ki Savo 27:8 · unit 1

Parashas Ki Savo · Passuk 27:8

The Complete Passuk

וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ עַל־הָאֲבָנִ֗ים אֶֽת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֛י הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את בַּאֵ֥ר הֵיטֵֽב׃

And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this Torah, well elucidated.

Chabad.org — 27:8

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Sotah on the multiple sets of stones.

Sefaria — Sotah 35b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
עַל הָאֲבָנִים — שְׁלֹשָׁה מִינֵי אֲבָנִים הָיוּ: אֶחָד שֶׁהֵקִים מֹשֶׁה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן, וְאֶחָד שֶׁהֵקִים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּיַּרְדֵּן, וְאֶחָד שֶׁהֵקִימוּ בְּהַר עֵיבָל (וְאַחַר כָּךְ הֱבִיאוּם לַגִּלְגָּל).

English: “Upon the stones” — there were three kinds of stones: one that Moshe set up east of the Jordan, one that Yehoshua set up in the Jordan, and one that they set up on Mount Eival (and afterward brought to Gilgal).

In Sotah / Sifrei: The various mentions of stones are reconciled as three distinct stages of public inscription of the Torah — in Moav, in the Jordan, and on Har Eival.

Type of Learning

Custom (reconciliation of multiple stone-erections).

What Is Learned

The Torah was publicly written on stones at three stages of the entry into the Land.