Month: January, 2010

Why Mt. Ebal and not Mt. Gerizim?

Deuteronomy contains a few speeches Moses gave just before he died and in anticipation of Israel’s entrance into Canaan.  Chapter 27 begins the final division and speech in which Moses dwells on the sanctions of the Law which were intended to encourage faithfulness – the blessings for faithfulness and curses for disobedience.

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