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Deuteronomy 11:29

Mount EbalMount Gerizim

27 a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,

28 but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.

When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

30 Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?

31 For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and settle in it,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
KJV
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.
WEB
It shall happen, when the LORD your God brings you into the land that you go to possess, that you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal.
ASV
And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
DARBY
And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou enterest in to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
BLB
And it shall come to pass, when YHWH your God has brought you into the land that you are going in to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
ÅB
Og når Herren din Gud fører deg inn i det land du nå drar inn i og skal ta i eie, da skal du lyse velsignelsen på fjellet Garisim og forbannelsen på fjellet Ebal.
OTB
Og det skal skje, når Herren deres Gud fører dere inn i det landet dere går inn for å besitte, skal dere forkynne velsignelsen på fjellet Gerisim og forbannelsen på fjellet Ebal.
B1930
Og når Herren din Gud fører dig inn i det land du nu drar inn i og skal ta i eie, da skal du lyse velsignelsen på fjellet Garisim og forbannelsen på fjellet Ebal.

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