Biblical places
Mount Ebal
The mountain north of Shechem where Joshua had Israel pronounce the curses of the covenant (Deuteronomy 27, Joshua 8:30-35), facing Mount Gerizim across the valley of Shechem.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Very High
- Jabal Islamiyah
- 32.2339, 35.2733
A mountain north of Shechem (present-day Nablus), with no disagreement over its location.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
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 8:30
Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
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.
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.
Deuteronomy 27:13
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.