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Abram (A)passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to (B)the oak[a] of (C)Moreh. At that time (D)the Canaanites were in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, (E)“To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

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  1. Genesis 12:6 Or terebinth

18 And Jacob came safely[a] to the city of (A)Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city.

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  1. Genesis 33:18 Or peacefully

20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.[a]

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  1. Genesis 33:20 El-Elohe-Israel means God, the God of Israel

29 And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, you shall set (A)the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

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12 “When you have crossed over the Jordan, (A)these shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

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33 And all Israel, (A)sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests (B)who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, (C)just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded at the first, to bless the people of Israel.

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