The Meaning of Deuteronomy 27:13 Explained

Deuteronomy 27:13

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

YLT: And these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

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

ASV: And these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Deuteronomy 27:13?

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What is the context of Deuteronomy 27:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Deuteronomy 27:13 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 27:13 mean?

And these shall stand to curse on Mount Ebal Reuben Gad and Asher and Zebulun Dan and Naphtali

וְאֵ֛לֶּה יַֽעַמְד֥וּ עַל־ הַקְּלָלָ֖ה בְּהַ֣ר עֵיבָ֑ל רְאוּבֵן֙ גָּ֣ד וְאָשֵׁ֔ר וּזְבוּלֻ֖ן דָּ֥ן וְנַפְתָּלִֽי

וְאֵ֛לֶּה	And these
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural Root: אֵהֶל Sense: these.
יַֽעַמְד֥וּ	shall stand
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: עָמַד Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
הַקְּלָלָ֖ה	curse
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: קְלָלָה Sense: curse, vilification, execration.
בְּהַ֣ר	on Mount
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: הַר Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
עֵיבָ֑ל	Ebal
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: עֵיבָל Sense: a son of Shobal.
רְאוּבֵן֙	Reuben
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: רְאוּבֵן Sense: the eldest son of Jacob by Leah.
גָּ֣ד	Gad
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: גָּד Sense: seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and full brother of Asher.
וְאָשֵׁ֔ר	and Asher
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אָשֵׁר Sense: son of Jacob and Zilpah.
וּזְבוּלֻ֖ן	and Zebulun
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: זְבוּלוּן Sense: the 0th of the sons of Jacob, 6th and last of Leah; progenitor of Zebulun.
דָּ֥ן	Dan
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּן Sense: the 5th son of Jacob, the st of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid.
וְנַפְתָּלִֽי	and Naphtali
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: נַפְתָּלִי Sense: the 5th son of Jacob and the 2nd by Bilhah the handmaid of Rachel.

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