Ebal
And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought
thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that
thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse
upon mount Ebal....
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The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and
Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah....
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(Arabic: جبل عيبال Jabal Islamiyeh, Hebrew: הר עיבל)is one of
the two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian
city of Nablus in the West Bank (biblical Shechem), and forms
the northern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated,
the southern side being formed by Mount Gerizim[1]. The
mountain is one of the highest peaks in...
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And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their
judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the
priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the
LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them;
half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over
against mount Ebal; as Moses the serva...
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e'-bal (`ebhal, "bare") or (`obhal):
(1) A people and region of Joktanite, Arabia. See Dillmann,
Genesis, and Glaser, Skizze, II, 426. The latter form of the
name is that given in Gen 10:28, the former in 1 Ch 1:22 and
in the Sam text of Gen 10:28.
(2) A son of Shobal, son of Seir, the Horite (Gen 36:23; 1 Ch
1:40)....
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1. Son of Joktan
1Ch 1:22
-2. A Horite
Ge 36:23; 1Ch 1:40
-3. A mountain of Ephraim. Half of the tribes of Israel stand
on, to respond Amen to the curses of the law
De 11:29; 27:12,13; Jos 8:33
Altar built on
Jos 8:30
See GERIZIM...
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(stone, bare mountain).
1. One of the sons of Shobal the son of Seir. Ge
36:23; 1Ch 1:40
2. Obal the son of Joktan. 1Ch 1:22 comp. Gene 10:28...
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stony. (1.) A mountain 3,076 feet above the level of the
sea,
and 1,200 feet above the level of the valley, on the
north side
of which stood the city of Shechem (q.v.). On this
mountain six
of the tribes (Deut. 27:12,13) were appointed to
take their
stand and respond according to a prescribed form to
the
imprecations uttered in the valley...
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1. The hill upon which the curses of the law were to be read;
as on the opposite hill GERIZIM the blessings (Deuteronomy
11:29-30; Deuteronomy 27:12-13; Joshua 8:30-35). The valley
wherein Shethem or Sichem (now Nablous) lay runs between the
two hills. Ebal the mount of the curse, is steeper and more
barren; Gerizim, the mount of the blessing,...
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