Deu 11:29-32 | TNotes | STEP | 11:29 Mount Gerizim is a prominent hill lying just west of Shechem. In later times, the Samaritans built a temple there (cp. John 4:20 ). • Mount Ebal is across the valley from Mount Gerizim, to the east of Shechem.

bJohn 4:20►

dJosh 4:19►

eGen 12:6►

fGen 35:4►

‏ Deuteronomy 11:29-32

11:29 ^a Mount Gerizim is a prominent hill lying just west of Shechem. In later times, the Samaritans built a temple there (cp. John 4:20 ^b).

• Mount Ebal is across the valley from Mount Gerizim, to the east of Shechem.
11:30 ^c Gilgal was the site of the first camp the Israelites would make in Canaan after crossing the Jordan (Josh 4:19 ^d). It was about two miles northeast of Jericho, although its exact location is no longer certain. A line from Jericho to Shechem would pass near Gilgal.

• The oaks of Moreh were near Shechem; they were where Abram had set up his first camp in Canaan (Gen 12:6 ^e) and where Jacob had later buried Laban’s idols (Gen 35:4 ^f).