Ebal Mount
Ebal Mount [1]
E'bal, Mount. A mount in the Promised Land, on which the Israelites were to "put" the curse which should fall upon them if they disobeyed the commandments of Jehovah . The blessing consequent on obedience was to be similarly localized on Mount Gerizim. Deuteronomy 11:26-29. Ebal and Gerizim are the mounts which form the sides of the fertile valley in which lies Nablus , the ancient Shechem-Ebal on the north and Gerizim on the south.
(They are nearly in the centre of the country of Samaria, about eight hundred feet above Nablus in the valley; and they are so near that all the vast body of the people could hear the words read from either mountain. The experiment has repeatedly been tried in late years. - Editor).
The modern name of Ebal is Sitti Salamiyah , from a Mohammedan female saint, whose tomb is standing on the eastern part of the ridge, a little before the highest point is reached.
