Deuteronomy 27:13

Deuteronomy 27:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
• New International Version (NIV)And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Context of Deuteronomy 27:13

11That same day Moses also gave this charge to the people: 12“When you cross the Jordan River, the tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin must stand on Mount Gerizim to proclaim a blessing over the people. And the tribes of Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali must stand on Mount Ebal to proclaim a curse. 14“Then the Levites will shout to all the people of Israel: 15‘Cursed is anyone who carves or casts an idol and secretly sets it up. These idols, the work of craftsmen, are detestable to the Lord.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 27:13 word by word

וְאֵ֛לֶּה יַֽעַמְד֥וּ עַל־הַקְּלָלָ֖ה בְּהַ֣ר עֵיבָ֑ל רְאוּבֵן֙ גָּ֣ד וְאָשֵׁ֔ר וּזְבוּלֻ֖ן דָּ֥ן וְנַפְתָּלִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And these shall standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• upon mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Ebalעֵיבָל‛êybâl · (Mount) EbalH5858
• to curseקְלָלָהqelâlâh · curseH7045
• Reubenרְאוּבֵןre'ûbên · ReubenH7205
• Gadגָּדgâd · GadH1410
• and Asherאָשֵׁר'âshêr · AsherH836
• and Zebulunזְבוּלֻןzebûlûn zebûlûn zebûlûn · ZebulunH2074
• Danדָּןdân · DanH1835
• and Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיnaphtâlîy · NaphtaliH5321

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:13

• Deuteronomy 27:4When you cross the Jordan, set up these stones at Mount Ebal and coat them with plaster, as I am commanding you today.
• Deuteronomy 11:29“When the Lord your God brings you into the land and helps you take possession of it, you must pronounce the blessing at Mount Gerizim and the curse at Mount Ebal.
• Joshua 8:33Then all the Israelites—foreigners and native-born alike—along with the elders, officers, and judges, were divided into two groups. One group stood in front of Mount Gerizim, the other in front of Mount Ebal. Each group faced the other, and between them stood the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant. This was all done according to the commands that Moses, the servant of the Lord, had previously given for blessing the people of Israel.
• Genesis 29:32So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has noticed my misery, and now my husband will love me.”
• Genesis 30:6Rachel named him Dan, for she said, “God has vindicated me! He has heard my request and given me a son.”
• Genesis 49:3“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, the child of my vigorous youth. You are first in rank and first in power.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place. Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13 The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a curse would be upon those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13deliver the curse: By calling down curses upon themselves if they disobeyed the covenant terms, these tribes acted as witnesses and judges of their own future disobedience.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1311-13. These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people ... these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse--Those long, rocky ridges lay in the province of Samaria, and the peaks referred to were near Shechem (Nablous), rising in steep precipices to the height of about eight hundred feet and separated by a green, well-watered valley of about five hundred yards wide. The people of Israel were here divided into two parts. On mount Gerizim (now…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 27:13

• Amen
• Benedictions
• Curse
• Ebal
• Instruction
• Law
• Prayer
• Reward
• Word of God
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Asher
• Dan
• Gad
• Naphtali
• Reuben
• Zebulun
• Ebal
• Gerizim
• Moses
• Plainly

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27

• 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