New American Standard Bible 2020
Deuteronomy 11:29
29“And it shall come about, when the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, 1that you shall place the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
Deuteronomy 11:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
- New International Version (NIV)When the Lord your God has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizim the blessings, and on Mount Ebal the curses.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now it shall be, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
Context of Deuteronomy 11:29
27the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today; 28and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known. “And it shall come about, when the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, that you shall place the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30Are they not across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? 31For you are about to cross the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall possess it and live in it,
Read all of Deuteronomy 11Deuteronomy 11:29 word by word
וְהָיָ֗ה כִּ֤י יְבִֽיאֲךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ וְנָתַתָּ֤ה אֶת־הַבְּרָכָה֙ עַל־הַ֣ר גְּרִזִ֔ים וְאֶת־הַקְּלָלָ֖ה עַל־הַ֥ר עֵיבָֽל׃Read the interlinear
- And it shall comeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- whenכִּיkîy · forH3588
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- bringsבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- you into the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- whereאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- whereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
- you are enteringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
- that you shall placeנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
- the blessingבְּרָכָהberâkâh · blessingH1293
- on Mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- Gerizimגְּרִזִיםgerizîym · (Mount) GerizimH1630
- and the curseקְלָלָהqelâlâh · curseH7045
- Ebalעֵיבָל‛êybâl · (Mount) EbalH5858
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:29
- Deuteronomy 27:12“When you cross the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
- Joshua 8:30Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,
- Judges 12:15Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
- Luke 23:33And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.
- Joshua 19:26Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel on the west and Shihor-libnath.
- Joshua 15:62Nibshan, the City of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.
- Joshua 24:30And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance, in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash.
- 2 Samuel 1:21Mountains of Gilboa, May there be no dew nor rain on you, or fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
- Genesis 31:21So he fled with all that he had; and he got up and crossed the Euphrates River, and set out for the hill country of Gilead.
- Genesis 9:7As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.”
- Joshua 11:3to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
- Numbers 20:22Now when they set out from Kadesh, the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
- Deuteronomy 1:2It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
- Deuteronomy 3:25Please let me cross over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country, and Lebanon.’
- 2 Chronicles 3:1Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Thou shalt put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal - The etymology of these names may be supposed to cast some light on this institution. גרזים gerizzim, from גרז garaz, to cut, cut off, cut down; hence גרזים gerizzim, the cutters down, fellers, and reapers or harvest-men, this mountain being supposed to have its name from its great fertility, or the abundance of the crops it yielded, which is a possible case. Of עיבל ebal or…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim - literally, thou shalt give, i. e., “give” utterance to it. On the ceremony see Deuteronomy 27:14 ff. Mount Gerizim, barren like Ebal, was probably selected as the hill of benediction because it was the southernmost of the two, the south being the region, according to Hebrew ideas, of light, and so of life and blessing. The situation of the mountains is described more accurately in Deuteronomy 11:30. The…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-32Verses 26-32 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. Moses then appointed a public and solemn proclamation of the blessing and curse, to be made upon the two mountains of Gerizim and Ebal. We have broken the law, and are under its curse, without remedy from ourselves. In mercy, the gospel again sets before us a blessing and a curse. A blessing, if we…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29Mount Gerizim is a well-known hill located just west of Shechem. Later, the Samaritans built a temple there (see John 4:20). Mount Ebal is on the opposite side of the valley from Mount Gerizim, to the east of Shechem.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-3226-32. Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse--(See on De 27:11).Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Deuteronomy 11:29 Deut 27:12; Josh 8:33 ↩
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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