Central hill country (near Shechem) · Old Testament · 8 verses
Mount Ebal was one of the two mountains flanking Shechem, opposite Mount Gerizim. It stands in the central hill country. The name appears in Genesis, Deuteronomy, Joshua and 1 more in the King James text.
About Mount Ebal
Mount Ebal was one of the two mountains flanking Shechem, opposite Mount Gerizim. It stands in the central hill country.
Its place in the story
On Mount Ebal Joshua built an altar and the curses of the covenant were pronounced, as Moses had commanded before Israel entered the land. The reading of the law before the tribes took place between Ebal and Gerizim.
Mount Ebal in Scripture (KJV)
“And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.”
“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.”
“Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.”
“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 servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.”
Mount Ebal was one of the two mountains flanking Shechem, opposite Mount Gerizim. It stands in the central hill country. The name appears in Genesis, Deuteronomy, Joshua and 1 more in the King James text.
What happened at Mount Ebal?
On Mount Ebal Joshua built an altar and the curses of the covenant were pronounced, as Moses had commanded before Israel entered the land. The reading of the law before the tribes took place between Ebal and Gerizim.