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Deuteronomy 11:30

in Deuteronomy 11

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?

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

KJV

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?

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This verse in Deuteronomy 11

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is said be near the plain, or oaks, or meadows, of Moreh, which was one of the first places that Abraham came to in Canaan; so that in sending them thither, to hear the blessing and the curse, God reminded them of the promise he made to Abraham in that very place, Gen. xii.

This site's exposition

And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in

on Deuteronomy 11:29-30

Gerizim and Ebal stand on either side of the valley at Shechem, and the plains of Moreh named in verse 30 are where Abram built his first altar in the land at Genesis 12:6-7. Chapter 27:12-13 assigns six tribes to each mountain, and Joshua 8:30-35 records the ceremony being carried out on the ground. The Samaritan Pentateuch reads the place which the LORD shall choose as a place already chosen and puts it at Gerizim, which is the old dispute behind the woman's words at John 4:20.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Are they not on the other side Jordan,....

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • הֲלֹא־¿ not

    halo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הֵ֜מָּה[are] they

    hemahH1992 →553 times

  • בְּעֵ֣בֶרon [the] other side of

    beeverH5676 →90 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • אַֽחֲרֵי֙behind

    ʾachareiH310 →715 times

  • דֶּ֚רֶךְ[the] direction of

    derekhH1870 →707 times

  • מְב֣וֹא[the] setting of

    mevo'H3996 →

  • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁthe sun

    hashemeshH8121 →134 times

  • בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙in [the] land of

    beeretzH776 →2504 times

  • הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יthe Canaanite[s]

    hakenaaniH3669 →73 times

  • הַיֹּשֵׁ֖בwho is dwelling

    haiyoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • בָּעֲרָבָ֑הin the Arabah

    baaravahH6160 →61 times

  • מ֚וּלopposite to

    mulH4136 →36 times

  • הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל<the> Gilgal

    hagilgalH1537 →

  • אֵ֖צֶלbeside

    ʾetzelH681 →

  • אֵלוֹנֵ֥י[the] great trees of

    ʾeloneiH436 →

  • מֹרֶֽה׃Moreh

    morehH4176 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Genesis 12:6Abram 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.6 worksJudges 7:1Early 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.3 worksJoshua 4:19On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.2 worksJoshua 5:9Then 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.2 worksGenesis 50:11When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.2 worksNehemiah 12:29from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 37:2He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry.0 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 17:26

      David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he…

    • 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.

    • Genesis 34:14

      “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

    • Jeremiah 9:25

      “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • Judges 6:32

      So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.

    • 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.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 11:9

      By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • 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.

About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 11 →

This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, Bible History: Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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