KJV King James Version
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:
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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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“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 World English Bible
“These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 27
9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.
10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
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:
13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
15 Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
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אֵ֠לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseיַֽעַמְד֞וּH5975 · a.madto stand: standלְבָרֵ֤ךְH1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָעָם֙H5971 · ampeopleעַל־H5921 · aluponהַ֣רH2022 · harmountain: mountגְּרִזִ֔יםH1630 · ge.ri.zim(Mount) Gerizimבְּעָבְרְכֶ֖םH5674 · a.varto passאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןH3383 · yar.denJordanשִׁמְעוֹן֙H8095 · shim.onSimeonוְלֵוִ֣יH3878 · le.viLeviוִֽיהוּדָ֔הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוְיִשָּׂשכָ֖רH3485 · yis.sa.s.kharIssacharוְיוֹסֵ֥ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephוּבִנְיָמִֽן׃H1144 · bin.ya.minBenjamin
Cross-references
Judges 9:7And 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.Joshua 8:33-35And 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 30:24And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.Genesis 30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.Genesis 29:33-35And 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.Genesis 35:18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.Deuteronomy 11:26-29Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
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