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DEU 27:11–27:26 ©

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11and_he/it_commanded Mosheh DOM the_people in_the_day (the)_that to_say.
12These_[tribes] they_will_stand to_bless DOM the_people on the_mountain of_Gərizīm in/on/at/with_crossed_you_all DOM the_Yardēn/(Jordan) Shimˊōn and_Lēvīh and_Yihudah and_Yissāskār/(Issachar) and_Yōşēf/(Joseph) and_Binyāmīn.
13And_these they_will_stand on the_curse in/on/at/with_mount of_ˊĒyⱱāl Rəʼūⱱēn Gād and_ʼĀshēr and_Zəⱱulun Dān and_Naftali.
14And_declare the_Levites and_say to every person of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) a_voice high.
15[is]_cursed the_man who he_will_make an_image and_throw_image (the)_abomination of_YHWH [the]_work of_[the]_hands of_a_craftsman and_sets_up in/on/at/with_secret and_respond all the_people and_say amen.
16[is]_cursed [one_who]_dishonours his/its_father and_mother_his and_saying(ms) all the_people amen.
17[is]_cursed [one_who]_displaces the_boundary his/its_neighbour and_saying(ms) all the_people amen.
18[is]_cursed [one_who]_leads_astray a_blind_[person] in/on/at/with_road and_saying(ms) all the_people amen.
19[is]_cursed [one_who]_turns_aside [the]_justice of_a_sojourner a_fatherless_one and_widow and_saying(ms) all the_people amen.
20[is]_cursed [one_who]_lies with the_wife his/its_father if/because he_has_uncovered the_skirt his/its_father and_saying(ms) all the_people amen.
21[is]_cursed [one_who]_lies with any animal and_saying(ms) all the_people amen.
22[is]_cursed [one_who]_lies with sister_his the_daughter his/its_father or the_daughter his/its_mother and_saying(ms) all the_people amen.
23[is]_cursed [one_who]_lies with mother-in-law_his and_saying(ms) all the_people amen.
24[is]_cursed the_[one_who]_strikes_down his/its_neighbour in/on/at/with_secret and_saying(ms) all the_people amen.
25[is]_cursed [one_who]_takes a_bribe to_kill a_person of_blood innocent and_saying(ms) all the_people amen.
26[is]_cursed [the_one]_who not he_will_carry_out DOM the_words the_law the_this for_doing DOM_them and_saying(ms) all the_people amen.

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The Covenant Is Renewed at Shechem

Deuteronomy 11:26-32; 27:1-26; Joshua 8:30-35

A quick search on the internet reveals that some of the top ways to commit something to long term memory include: 1) organizing the information; 2) making associations; 3) using visual cues (graphs, etc.); 4) creating mnemonic devices (rhymes, acrostics, etc.); 5) writing it down; 6) saying it out loud; 7) quizzing yourself; 8) and rehearsing it (https://www.usa.edu/blog/science-backed-memory-tips/). There should be no doubt, then, that the covenant renewal ceremony at Shechem would have been a truly memorable event for all involved. Two times in the book of Deuteronomy the Israelites are instructed to renew the covenant at Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal after they have entered the Promised Land of Canaan, and then the actual event is recorded in the book of Joshua. Located in the heartland of Israel, Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal sat on either side of the ancient city of Shechem, where the Lord had promised centuries earlier to give Canaan to Abraham and his descendants (Genesis 12:6-7). The renewal ceremony was essentially the corporate, verbal affirmation of the terms of the covenant that the Lord had established with Israel at Mount Sinai. As with virtually all ancient Near Eastern covenants, the terms included blessings for those who remained faithful to it and curses for those who broke it. Joshua and the priests stood between the two mountains with the Ark of the Covenant and read the entire book of the law. Six of the tribes (Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin) stood in front of the Ark on Mount Gerizim and shouted the blessings for faithfulness to the covenant, and six of the tribes (Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali) stood in front of the Ark on Mount Ebal and shouted the curses for unfaithfulness. It is very possible that this ceremony was performed within a natural amphitheater that exists even today on both Gerizim and Ebal at the place shown on this map. By standing within the concave spaces of the two mountains, the tribes would have been both “on” the mountains (Deuteronomy 27:11-13) and “on opposite sides of” the Ark (Joshua 8:33), and they would have been entirely capable of hearing Joshua’s words as well as each other’s shouts of blessings and curses. As far as why Gerizim was assigned the place of blessing and Ebal the place of curses, it is not entirely clear, but it may be because the ancients typically regarded east as being in front of them, so Gerizim would have been located on their right, which was typically favored over the left. Also, commentators have often expressed confusion over the mention of “the arabah” and “Gilgal” in Deuteronomy 11, typically because it is assumed that they refer to the Jordan Valley and the Gilgal near Jericho, respectively. This author, however, is convinced that “the arabah” (often meaning, “plain”) refers to the small plain immediately east of Shechem. And “Gilgal” (meaning, “wheel/circle”) in this verse refers to a location just across the plain at Khirbet Gulegil. (The name “Gilgal” was likely applied to at least four locations throughout Canaan; see Joshua 4:19; 15:7; Judges 3:19; 2 Kings 2:1; 4:38; Deuteronomy 11:30.) Centuries later, a Samaritan temple was built atop Mount Gerizim after foreign peoples were resettled in Israel, and this is what the Samaritan woman was referring to when she said to Jesus, “Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem” (John 4:20). But Jesus replied to her, “Believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem….But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth” (John 4:21-23; see also “Shechem and the Hill Country of Samaria” map).

DEU 27:11–27:26 ©

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