A mountain north of Shechem where the Israelites pronounced curses (Deuteronomy 11:29); often associated with Mount Gerizim to the south.
Key References
At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
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.
All Scripture References (8)
Deuteronomy (3)
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.
And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster.
And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Joshua (2)
At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
Judges (1)
he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
Psalms (1)
A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.
Jeremiah (1)
For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.