Deuteronomy 11:29

_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._ Thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal х_ HAR_ (H2022) _ GªRIZIYM_ (H1630)], mount of the Gerizites-a tribe of Bedouin nomads (1 Samuel 27:8) who had a settlement there, now Jebel et-Tur. "Ebal" х_ HAR_ (H2022) _ `EEYBAAL_ (H5858)] - a name founded on the naked, desolate appearance of its sides; from a verb signifying to strip a tree of its leaves (Gesenius). Stanley, however, denies that this derivation is supported by the present ster

29._And it shall come to pass, when the Lord_. I have lately expounded a similar passage, which, although it is subsequent in the order observed by Moses, yet, inasmuch as it sets out the matter more clearly, I have not hesitated for perspicuity’s sake to put first. I said that God’s intention was, whilst appointing the Israelites to proclaim their own condemnation, to lay them under more solemn obligation to keep the Law. If He had Himself declared His will through the Levites only, they ought indeed to have been seriously affected, and to have listened with reverence both to the blessings and the curses; but when each of them testifies with his own mouth what the Levites dictated by God’s command, the introduction of this assent, as a solemn ratification, (205) was more efficacious in awakening their zeal and attention. A more fitting season, however, for this protest was after they ha...

26-32 Moses sums up all the arguments for obedience in two words, the blessing and the curse. He charged the people to choose which they would have. Moses then appointed a public and solemn proclamation of the blessing and curse, to be made upon the two mountains of Gerizim and Ebal. We have broken the law, and are under its curse, without remedy from ourselves. In mercy, the gospel again sets before us a blessing and a curse. A blessing, if we obey the call to repentance, to faith in Christ, and newness of heart and life through him; an awful curse, if we neglect so great salvation. Let us thankfully welcome these glad tidings of great joy; and let us not harden our hearts, but hear this voice of God while it is called to-day, and while he invites us to come to him upon a mercy-seat. Let us be diligent to make our calling and election sure....

Verse Deuteronomy 11:29. _THOU SHALT PUT THE BLESSING UPON MOUNT GERIZIM, AND_ _THE CURSE UPON MOUNT EBAL._] The etymology of these names may be supposed to cast some light on this institution. גרזים _gerizzim_, from גרז _garaz_, to _cut, cut off, cut down; hence_ גרזים gerizzim, the _cutters down, fellers_, and _reapers_ or _harvest-men_, this mountain being supposed to have its name from its great _fertility_, or the abundance of the crops it yielded, which is a possible case. Of עיבל _ebal_ or _eybal_ the root is not found in Hebrew; but in Arabic [Arabic] _abala_ signifies _rough_, _rugged, curled, c._ and [Arabic] _abalo_, from the same root, signifies _white stones_, and a _mountain_ in which such stones are found; [Arabic] _alabalo, the mount of white stones_. See Gig...

THOU SHALT PUT THE BLESSING UPON MOUNT GERIZIM - literally, thou shalt give, i. e., “give” utterance to it. On the ceremony see Deuteronomy 27:14 ff. Mount Gerizim, barren like Ebal, was probably selected as the hill of benediction because it was the southernmost of the two, the south being the region, according to Hebrew ideas, of light, and so of life and blessing. The situation of the mountains is described more accurately in Deuteronomy 11:30. The words “by the way where the sun goeth down,” should run, beyond the road of the west; i. e., on the further side of the main track which ran from Syria and Damascus to Jerusalem and Egypt through the center of Palestine. This is called “the way of the west” in contrast to the

EXPOSITION Moses here renews his exhortation to obedience, enforced by regard to their experience of God's dealings with them in Egypt and in the wilderness, and by consideration of God's promises and threatenings. The blessing and the curse are set before them consequent on the keeping or the transgressing of the Law. DEUTERONOMY 11:1 Israel was to love the Lord, and manifest this by the steadfast observance of all that he had enjoined upon them. DEUTERONOMY 11:1 HIS CHARGE; what he has appointed to be observed and done (cf. Leviticus 8:35;...

AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THE LORD THY GOD HATH BOUGHT THEE INTO THE LAND WHITHER THOU GOEST TO POSSESS IT,.... Which is often observed, as being near at hand; and when and where many things were to be done, which could not be done in the place and circumstances they now were, particularly what follows: THAT THOU SHALL PUT THE BLESSING ON MOUNT GERIZIM, AND THE CURSE UPON MOUNT EBAL; that is, pronounce the one on one mountain, and the other on the other mountain, or at least towards them, or over against them. The Targum of Jonathan is "ye shall set six tribes on Mount Gerizim, and six tribes on Mount Ebal; (#De 27:12,13) blessing they shall turn their faces against Mount Gerizim, and cursing they shall turn their faces against Mount Ebal;'' with which agrees the account given in the Misnah; "six tribes went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and six to the top of Mount Ebal; and the...

ISRAEL'S RESPONSIBILITY, THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God (Deuteronomy 11:1)_ 2. If ye hearken unto my commandments (Deuteronomy 11:10) 3. The blessing and the curse (Deuteronomy 11:22) The great characteristic teaching of this book, obedience springing from love to Jehovah, is still further developed in this chapter. It begins with a “therefore.” The last verse of the previous chapter shows that Jehovah had kept the promise made to the fathers of the nation. Then once more the mighty acts of Jehovah are reviewed. His miracles and acts done in Egypt; what He did at the Red Sea and what He did unto them i

DEUTERONOMY 11. Continues the exhortation to love and obey Yahweh, giving motives and promises and pointing out the consequence of disobedience. Deuteronomy 11:2. Read (adding one Heb. consonant), for ye are not as your children who know not and have not seen. midst of all Israel: for your eves, etc. CHASTISEMENT: Deuteronomy 4:36 *. Deuteronomy 11:5. See Exodus 15, Numbers 32. Deuteronomy 11:6. See Numbers 16:25;...

GERIZIM. North of Shechem. Compare Joshua 8:33; Joshua 8:34, and see Deuteronomy 27:12. EBAL. South of Shechem. Both mounts here named for first time. Not mentioned after Judges....