A mountain in Samaria near Shechem, the site of the Samaritan temple and place of worship. The name appears in Exodus, Deuteronomy, Joshua and 6 more in the King James text.
About Mount Gerizim
A mountain in Samaria near Shechem, the site of the Samaritan temple and place of worship.
Its place in the story
Mount Gerizim was the mountain the Samaritan woman referred to when she noted that Samaritans worshiped there while Jews worshiped in Jerusalem.
Mount Gerizim in Scripture (KJV)
“And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.”
“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.”
“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:”
“Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:”
“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.”
“Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.”
“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.”
A mountain in Samaria near Shechem, the site of the Samaritan temple and place of worship. The name appears in Exodus, Deuteronomy, Joshua and 6 more in the King James text.
What happened at Mount Gerizim?
Mount Gerizim was the mountain the Samaritan woman referred to when she noted that Samaritans worshiped there while Jews worshiped in Jerusalem.