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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 27:12

Ver. 12. Upon mount Gerizzim— By mount Gerizzim. To bless the people, that is, by saying Amen when they heard the blessings pronounced by the priests. See ver. 14, 15. The priests seem clearly to have stood round about the ark, placed near the altar in the valley between the two mountains; and, in pronouncing the benedictions, turned towards mount Gerizzim, where stood six of the tribes; and, in pronouncing the curses, towards mount Ebal, where stood the other six; as will appear more plainly from the following scheme of Dr. Parry's:

West

ARK
Priests. Priests. the the Levites. Levites.

South Simeon. Reuben. North

GERIZIM Levi. Gad. Judah. Asher Issachar. Zebulun.
Joseph. Dan. Benjamin. Naphtali. Strangers. Strangers. East EBAL

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See also Deuteronomy 27:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 27:12. _THESE SHALL STAND UPON MOUNT GERIZIM TO BLESS THE_ _PEOPLE_] Instead of _upon Mount_, c., we may translate _by_, as the particle על _al_ is sometimes used for we do not find...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Compare Joshua 8:32. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place. Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    23. THE MEMORIAL OF THE LAW AT MOUNT EBAL; GERIZIM AND EBAL CHAPTER 27 _ 1. The memorial to be set up in the land (Deuteronomy 27:1)_ 2. Gerizim and Ebal (Deuteronomy 27:9) Little comment is needed...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SIMEON. For order of tribes see App-45....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Appointment of Tribes to Bless and to Curse Ch. Deuteronomy 11:29 (_q.v._) commands that the blessing for obedience be set on Mt Gerizim, the curse for disobedience on Mt -Ebal. _Set_(lit. _give_) im...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TO BLESS] The words of the blessings are not given but may be inferred from the nature of the curses: cp. Deuteronomy 11:26....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֵ֠לֶּה יַֽעַמְד֞וּ לְ בָרֵ֤ךְ אֶת ־הָ עָם֙

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We have here the record of something distinctive and arresting. Immediately after the close of the second discourse containing a r6sum6 I of laws, Moses and the elders commanded the people that after...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Now comes the sanction-that is to say, that which gives vigour to His law-in the consequences (blessings and curses) which were to correspond with obedience or disobedience. This is brought out in cha...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Upon mount Gerizim_ The original words may be rendered _beside_ or _near to mount Gerizim._ There were in Canaan two mountains that lay near together, with a valley between, the one called Gerizim, t...

  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CURSE PRONOUNCED FROM MOUNT EBAL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 27:12 stand H5975 (H8799) Mount H2022 Gerizim H1630 bless H1288 (H8763) people H5971 over H5674

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    MOSES DESCRIBES HOW THE COVENANT CEREMONY WILL PROCEED ONCE THEY HAVE REACHED SHECHEM (DEUTERONOMY 27:11). On that same day as he had spoken all the words from Deuteronomy 5:1 onwards and given instru...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The blessing and cursing from Mt. Ebal and Gerizim. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: We are all compelled to say Amen to the law of God, owning ourselves justly under its curse and that...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 27:2. _Great stones,_ thought to be twelve in each pillar; they wrote the curses on the one pillar, and the blessings on the other. Deuteronomy 27:3. _Thou shalt write upon them all the wo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 27:1 Moses’ Third Speech: Blessings and Curses. Ancient covenant treaties included blessings for keeping the treaty conditions and curses for not keeping them (see char...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Upon mount Gerizzim — These words may be rendered beside or near to mount Gerizzim. There were in Canaan two mountains that lay near together, with a valley between, one called Gerizzim, the other Eba...

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