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29 When the Lord, your God, brings you into the land which you are to enter and possess, then on Mount Gerizim you shall pronounce the blessing,(A) on Mount Ebal, the curse.[a] 30 (These are beyond the Jordan, on the other side of the western road in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal beside the oak of Moreh.)(B) 31 Now you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you. When, therefore, you take possession of it and settle there,

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Footnotes

  1. 11:29 For the full ceremony of blessing and curse, see chaps. 27–28. Gerizim and Ebal are mountains in Samaria, separated by a deep ravine.

29 When the Lord your God has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizim(A) the blessings, and on Mount Ebal(B) the curses.(C) 30 As you know, these mountains are across the Jordan, westward, toward the setting sun, near the great trees of Moreh,(D) in the territory of those Canaanites living in the Arabah in the vicinity of Gilgal.(E) 31 You are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession(F) of the land the Lord your God is giving(G) you. When you have taken it over and are living there,

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