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Mount Gerizim

Central hill country (near Shechem) · both · 4 verses

Mount Gerizim was one of the two mountains flanking Shechem, the other being Mount Ebal. It rises in the central hill country. The name appears in Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges in the King James text.

About Mount Gerizim

Mount Gerizim was one of the two mountains flanking Shechem, the other being Mount Ebal. It rises in the central hill country.

Its place in the story

From Mount Gerizim the blessings of the covenant were pronounced when Israel entered the land, as Moses had commanded. It became a holy mountain to the Samaritans in later times.

Mount Gerizim in Scripture (KJV)

“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.”
Deuteronomy 11:29 (KJV)
“These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:”
Deuteronomy 27:12 (KJV)
“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.”
Joshua 8:33 (KJV)
“And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.”
Judges 9:7 (KJV)

Where it leads

Jesus, speaking with a Samaritan woman, pointed beyond worship on Gerizim to worship of the Father in spirit and truth.

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Where is Mount Gerizim in the Bible?

Mount Gerizim was one of the two mountains flanking Shechem, the other being Mount Ebal. It rises in the central hill country. The name appears in Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges in the King James text.

What happened at Mount Gerizim?

From Mount Gerizim the blessings of the covenant were pronounced when Israel entered the land, as Moses had commanded. It became a holy mountain to the Samaritans in later times.

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