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These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
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Heirs of the Promise
Commentators highlight that the six tribes chosen to pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim were all descendants of Jacob's free wives, Leah and Rachel. This is seen as a picture of the spiritual truth found in Galatians 4, where believers are called "children of the free woman," destined to inherit God's promises and blessings.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(). The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place.
(Deuteronomy 27:12,[Refe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
These shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people , when you are come over Jordan
The six tribes appointed for blessing were all children of the free women, for the promise belongs to such (Galatians 4:31). Levi is he…
