Deuteronomy 27 · Verse 13

Deuteronomy 27:13

And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Deuteronomy 27:13, King James Version

Deuteronomy 27:13 in other translations

BSBAnd these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
WEBThese shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
ASVAnd these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
YLTAnd these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
DARBYAnd these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
BBEAnd these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
WebsterAnd these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

What does Deuteronomy 27:13 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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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 27:13 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.

וְאֵ֛לֶּהve.'E.lehand these [tribes]H428
יַֽעַמְד֥וּya.'am.Duthey will standH5975
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַקְּלָלָ֖הha.ke.la.Lahthe curseH7045
בְּהַ֣רbe.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022
עֵיבָ֑ל'ei.ValEbalH5858
רְאוּבֵן֙re.'u.VenReubenH7205
גָּ֣דgadGadH1410
וְאָשֵׁ֔רve.'a.Sherand AsherH836
וּזְבוּלֻ֖ןu.ze.vu.Lunand ZebulunH2074
דָּ֥ןdanDanH1835
וְנַפְתָּלִֽי\׃ve.naf.ta.Liand NaphtaliH5321

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 27:13

  • Deuteronomy 27:4

    Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.

  • Genesis 29:32

    And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

  • Deuteronomy 11:29

    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

    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.

  • Genesis 49:3-4

    Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

  • Genesis 30:6-13

    And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. …

  • Genesis 30:20

    And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
mount Ebal.
4; 11:29; Jos 8:33
to curse. Heb. for a cursing. Reuben.
Ge 29:32; 30:6-13,20; 49:3,4

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Context

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 27:14

    And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

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Deuteronomy 27:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y estos estarán para pronunciar la maldición en el de Ebal: Rubén, Gad, y Aser, y Zabulón, Dan, y Nephtalí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et ceux-ci se tiendront sur la montagne d’Ébal, pour maudire: Ruben, Gad, et Aser, et Zabulon, Dan, et Nephthali.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und diese sollen auf dem Berge Ebal stehen zum Fluchen: Ruben, Gad und Aser und Sebulon, Dan und Naphtali.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et e regione isti stabunt ad maledicendum in monte Hebal: Ruben, Gad, et Aser, et Zabulon, Dan, et Nephthali.