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Ebal

Two mountains face each other near Shechem, and Moses tells Israel what to do with them once they cross the Jordan: “thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal” (Deuteronomy 11:29). In chapter 27 six tribes are told to stand on Gerizim to bless, and six on Ebal to curse. The people are meant to see, in the land itself, that their choices carry weight. Ebal is also a personal name, held by a descendant of Seir in Genesis 36:23.

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Genesis

Genesis 36:23

And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 11:29

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.

Deuteronomy 27:12

These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

Deuteronomy 27:13

And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

John

John 4:20

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Stony. (1.) A mountain 3,076 feet above the level of the sea, and 1,200 feet above the level of the valley, on the north side of which stood the city of Shechem (q.v.). On this mountain six of the tribes (Deut. 27:12,13) were appointed to take their stand and respond according to a prescribed form to the imprecations uttered in the valley, where the law was read by the Levites (11:29; 29:4, 13). This mountain was also the site of the first great altar erected to Jehovah (Deut. 27:5-8; Josh. 8:30-35). After this the name of Ebal does not again occur in Jewish history. (See GERIZIM.)

(2.) A descendant of Eber (1 Chr. 1:22), called also Obal (Gen. 10:28).

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(3.) A descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen. 36:23).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(stone, bare mountain).

(1.) One of the sons of Shobal the son of Seir. (Genesis 36:23; 1 Chronicles 1:40)

(2.) Obal the son of Joktan. (1 Chronicles 1:22) comp. Genesis 10:28

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.