Deuteronomy 11:30

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.

29 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.

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,

32 be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

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
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?
KJV
Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
WEB
Aren’t they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah near Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
ASV
Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
DARBY
Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, beyond the way toward the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell on the plain opposite to Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
BLB
Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, toward the way of the going in of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite dwelling in the plain opposite Gilgal beside the Oak of Moreh?
ÅB
Disse to fjell ligger, som i vet, på andre siden av Jordan bortenfor veien som bærer mot vest, i kana'anittenes land, de som bor i ødemarken midt imot Gilgal, ved Mores terebintelund.
OTB
Er de ikke på den andre siden av Jordan, vestover, mot solnedgangen, i landet til kanaaneerne som bor i Arabah, rett overfor Gilgal, ved siden av de store trærne i Moreh?
B1930
Disse to fjell ligger, som i vet, på hin side Jordan bortenfor veien som bærer mot vest, i kana'anittenes land, de som bor i ødemarken midt imot Gilgal, ved Mores terebintelund.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 12:6

    Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

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  • Judges 7:1

    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

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  • Joshua 5:9

    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

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  • Joshua 4:19

    On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

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