The Meaning of Deuteronomy 27:12 Explained

Deuteronomy 27:12

KJV: 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:

YLT: 'These do stand, to bless the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.

Darby: These shall stand to bless the people upon mount Gerizim, when ye have gone over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Deuteronomy 27:12?

MEANING: What does Deuteronomy 27:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 27:12 mean?

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What is the context of Deuteronomy 27:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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:

What does Deuteronomy 27:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 27:1-26 - Curses Upon Evildoers

Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal were two masses of limestone rock, reaching 2700 and 2000 feet above the sea-level. Between them lay a beautiful valley, about 300 yards wide. At the foot and on the lower slopes of Gerizim stood the descendants of Rachel and Leah; on those of Ebal, the descendants of Zilpah and Bilhah, together with Zebulun and with Reuben, who had forfeited the rights of the first-born. The priests and the Levites, grouped beside the Ark in the valley, uttered both the benedictions and the solemn denunciations of the Law, each item eliciting the responsive "Amens."

Notice the sensitiveness of the divine Spirit! To make a blind man wander out of his way and to wrest the judgment of the fatherless, was held to be as reprehensible as to commit those terrible breaches of the law of purity. Nothing in life is insignificant or trivial when weighed in the balance of eternal justice. We can only rejoice when we realize that we are accepted in the Beloved, and that He has stood for us, Romans 3:20; Romans 5:1-3; Romans 5:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 27

¹ The people are commanded to write the law upon stones
⁵ and to build an altar of whole stones
¹¹ The tribes to be divided on Gerizim and Ebal
¹⁴ The curses to be pronounced on mount Ebal

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 27:12 mean?

these shall stand to bless - the people on Mount Gerizim when you have crossed over the Jordan Simeon and Levi Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin

אֵ֠לֶּה יַֽעַמְד֞וּ לְבָרֵ֤ךְ אֶת־ הָעָם֙ עַל־ הַ֣ר גְּרִזִ֔ים בְּעָבְרְכֶ֖ם הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן שִׁמְעוֹן֙ וְלֵוִ֣י וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר וְיוֹסֵ֥ף וּבִנְיָמִֽן

אֵ֠לֶּה	these
Parse: Pronoun, common plural Root: אֵהֶל Sense: these.
יַֽעַמְד֞וּ	shall stand
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: עָמַד Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
לְבָרֵ֤ךְ	to bless
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct Root: בָּרַךְ Sense: to bless, kneel.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָעָם֙	the people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
הַ֣ר	Mount
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: הַר Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
גְּרִזִ֔ים	Gerizim
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: גְּרִזִים Sense: a mountain in northern Israel in Ephraim near Shechem from which the blessings were read to the Israelites on entering Canaan; site of the Samaritan temple built after the captivity.
בְּעָבְרְכֶ֖ם	when you have crossed over
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, second person masculine plural Root: עָבַר Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן	the Jordan
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: יַרְדֵּן Sense: the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km).
שִׁמְעוֹן֙	Simeon
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שִׁמְעֹון Sense: the 2nd son of Jacob by his wife Leah and progenitor of the tribe of Simeon.
וְלֵוִ֣י	and Levi
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: לֵוִי Sense: the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah and progenitor of tribe of Levites.
וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה	Judah
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְהוּדָה Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר	and Issachar
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשָּׂשׂכָר Sense: the 9th son of Jacob and the 5th by Leah his first wife and the progenitor of a tribe by his name.
וְיוֹסֵ֥ף	and Joseph
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄוסֵף Sense: the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel.
וּבִנְיָמִֽן	and Benjamin
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: בִּנְיָמִין Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother.

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