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Deuteronomy 11:30
Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, directing them to identify the specific mountains where the blessing and curse will be proclaimed after they cross the Jordan.
The words — The phrase בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן (be-'E.ver ha-yar.Den) literally means "on the other side of the Jordan," while מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ (me.Vo' ha-Shemesh) denotes "the setting of the sun."
The thread — The Oak of Moreh appears in Genesis 12:6 as a landmark in Abram’s journey, and Gilgal is recorded in Joshua 4:19 as the first Israelite camp after crossing the Jordan.
Why it lands — The verse establishes a fixed geographical framework for the covenant ceremonies, requiring the reader to anchor spiritual obligations to concrete, cross-referenced locations rather than abstract concepts.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Cross-references
- Genesis 12:6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
- Judges 7:1 Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
- Joshua 4:19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
- Joshua 5:9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.