Deuteronomy 27 · Verse 12

Deuteronomy 27:12

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:
Deuteronomy 27:12, King James Version

Deuteronomy 27:12 in other translations

BSB“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
WEB“These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
ASVThese 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.
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.
DARBYThese 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.
BBEThese are to take their places on Mount Gerizim for blessing the people when you have gone over Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;
WebsterThese shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye have come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

What does Deuteronomy 27:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 27:11-13

De 27:11-13. The Tribes Divided on Gerizim and Ebal. 11-13. These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people ... these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse--Those long, rocky ridges lay in the province of Samaria, and the peaks referred to were near Shechem (Nablous), rising in steep precipices to the height of about eight hundred feet and separated by a green, well-watered valley of about five hundred yards…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 These shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people - Instead of upon Mount, etc., we may translate by, as the particle על al is sometimes used; for we do not find that the tribes did stand on either mount, for in Jos 8:33, when this direction was reduced to practice, we find the people did not stand on the mountains, but over against them on the plain. See the observations at the end of this chapter, Deu 27:26 (note).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:11-26

The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a…

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Deuteronomy 27:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֠לֶּה'E.lehthese [tribes]H428
יַֽעַמְד֞וּya.'am.Duthey will standH5975
לְבָרֵ֤ךְle.va.Rekhto blessH1288
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַ֣רhar[the] mountain ofH2022
גְּרִזִ֔יםge.ri.ZimGerizimH1630
בְּעָבְרְכֶ֖םbe.'a.ve.re.Khemwhen have passed over youH5674
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
שִׁמְעוֹן֙shim.'OnSimeonH8095
וְלֵוִ֣יve.le.Viand LeviH3878
וִֽיהוּדָ֔הvi.hu.Dahand JudahH3063
וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖רve.yi.so.sh.Kharand IssacharH3485
וְיוֹסֵ֥ףve.yo.Sefand JosephH3130
וּבִנְיָמִֽן\׃u.vin.ya.Minand BenjaminH1144

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 27:12

  • Judges 9:7

    And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

  • Deuteronomy 11:26-29

    Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 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.

  • Joshua 8:33-35

    And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

  • Genesis 30:24

    And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.

  • Genesis 35:18

    And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

  • Genesis 29:33-35

    And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

  • Genesis 30:18

    And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
upon mount Gerizim.Mount Gerizim and mount Ebal being only separated by a narrow valley, not above a furlong broad, what was spoken with a loud voice on the one might be heard on the other, (See Jud 9:7.) It is probable, however, that the particle {âl} should be rendered by, as it frequently signifies; for when this direction was reduced to practice, (Jos 8:33,) it seems that the people did not stand on the mountains, but over against them in the plain. But the Talmud says, that six tribes went up on each, while the priest and Levites and the ark remained beneath.
11:26-29; Jos 8:33,34; Jud 9:7
Simeon.
Ge 29:33-35; 30:18,24; 35:18

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 27:11

    And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

  • Deuteronomy 27:12

    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:

  • Deuteronomy 27:13

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

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Deuteronomy 27:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Estos estarán sobre el monte de Gerizim para bendecir al pueblo, cuando hubiereis pasado el Jordán: Simeón, y Leví, y Judá, é Issachâr, y José, y Benjamín.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Quand vous aurez passé le Jourdain, ceux-ci se tiendront sur la montagne de Garizim pour bénir le peuple: Siméon, et Lévi, et Juda, et Issacar, et Joseph, et Benjamin;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn ihr über den Jordan gezogen seid, sollen diese auf dem Berge Gerisim stehen, um das Volk zu segnen: Simeon und Levi und Juda und Issaschar und Joseph und Benjamin;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hi stabunt ad benedicendum populo super montem Garizim, Jordane transmisso: Simeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Joseph, et Benjamin.