The Altar on Mount Ebal
(Joshua 8:30–35)
Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today. Jhn 15:14Jas 2:10Luk 11:281Th 4:1-2Deu 11:32Deu 26:16Deu 4:1-3
And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster. Ezk 11:19Ezk 36:26Jos 4:1Jos 8:31Deu 11:31Deu 26:1Deu 27:3Deu 6:1 Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. Jos 8:32Deu 26:92Co 3:2-3Heb 10:16Jer 31:31-33Jos 5:6Num 13:27Num 14:8 And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster. Deu 11:29-30Jos 8:30-33
Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them. Exo 20:25Exo 24:41Ki 18:31-32Jos 8:30-31 You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God. Eph 5:2Lev 1:1-17 There you are to sacrifice your peace offerings, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God. Act 10:36Deu 12:7Hab 3:18Heb 13:20-21Isa 12:3Lev 3:1-17Psa 100:1-22Ch 30:23-27 And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.” Hab 2:2Jhn 16:252Co 3:12
Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God. 1Pe 2:10-11Deu 26:16-181Co 6:9-11Eph 5:8-9Rom 6:17-18Rom 6:22 You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.” 1Pe 1:14-16Deu 11:1Deu 11:7-8Mat 5:48Mic 6:81Pe 4:1-3Deu 10:12-13Eph 4:17-24
Curses Pronounced from Ebal
On that day Moses commanded the people: “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. Jdg 9:7Deu 11:26-29Gen 29:33-35Gen 30:18Gen 30:24Gen 35:18Jos 8:33-35 And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. Deu 27:4Deu 11:29Gen 29:32Gen 30:20Gen 30:6-13Gen 49:3-4Jos 8:33
Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite: Dan 9:11Deu 33:9-10Jos 8:33Mal 2:7-9Neh 8:7-8
‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ Exo 34:17Exo 20:4Deu 5:8Lev 19:4Lev 26:11Co 14:16Deu 4:16-23Exo 20:23
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ Lev 19:3Exo 21:17Deu 21:18-21Exo 20:12Ezk 22:7Lev 20:9Mat 15:4-6Pro 30:11-17
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ Deu 19:14Pro 22:28Pro 23:10-11
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ Lev 19:14Mat 15:14Pro 28:10Isa 56:10Job 29:15Rev 2:14
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ Deu 10:18Deu 24:17Exo 22:21-24Exo 23:2Mal 3:5Pro 17:23Psa 82:2-4Exo 23:8-9
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ 1 Deu 22:30Lev 18:81Co 5:1Lev 20:111Ch 5:12Sa 16:22Amo 2:7Ezk 22:10
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ Lev 18:23Exo 22:19Lev 20:15
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ Lev 18:9Lev 20:17Ezk 22:112Sa 13:12Sa 13:8-14
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ Lev 20:14Lev 18:17
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ Num 35:31Lev 24:172Sa 11:15-172Sa 12:9-122Sa 13:282Sa 20:9-102Sa 3:27Deu 19:11-12
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Deu 10:17Exo 23:7-8Psa 15:5Deu 16:19Act 1:18Ezk 22:12-13Mat 26:15Mat 27:3-4
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ 2 Gal 3:10Deu 28:15-68Rom 10:5Ezk 18:24Psa 119:211Co 16:22Deu 27:15Jer 11:3-5
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’