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It shall happen, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, that you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal.
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A Solemn Covenant Ceremony
Commentators explain this was a powerful, participatory ceremony. Six tribes would stand on each mountain with the priests and the Ark in the valley below. As blessings and curses were recited, the people would turn toward the appropriate mountain and affirm the covenant with a unified "Amen." John Calvin notes this personal participation was designed to impress upon them their solemn obligation to the Law.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim – literally, you shall give, i.e., “give” utterance to it. On the ceremony, see Deut…
19th Century
Anglican
The blessing ... and the curse ... —The Targum of Onkelos says, “Those that bless,” and “those that curse.” (See Deuteronomy 27:12…
16th Century
Protestant
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord. I have recently expounded a similar passage, which, although it comes later in the order observe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land where you go to possess …
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. Mose…
