Bible Cross References
upon mount Gerizim
Deuteronomy 11:26-29
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"Today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse---
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a blessing, if you obey the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today;
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but a curse, if you disobey these commands and turn away to worship other gods that you have never worshiped before.
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When the LORD brings you into the land that you are going to occupy, you are to proclaim the blessing from Mount Gerizim and the curse from Mount Ebal.
Joshua 8:33
The Israelites, with their leaders, officers, and judges, as well as the foreigners among them, stood on two sides of the LORD's Covenant Box, facing the levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood with their backs to Mount Gerizim and the other half with their backs to Mount Ebal. The LORD's servant Moses had commanded them to do this when the time came for them to receive the blessing.
Joshua 8:34
Joshua then read aloud the whole Law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the book of the Law.
Judges 9:7
When Jotham heard about this, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and shouted out to them, "Listen to me, you men of Shechem, and God may listen to you!
Simeon
Genesis 29:33-35
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She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, "The LORD has given me this son also, because he heard that I was not loved"; so she named him Simeon.
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Once again she became pregnant and gave birth to another son. She said, "Now my husband will be bound more tightly to me, because I have borne him three sons"; so she named him Levi.
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Then she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, "This time I will praise the LORD"; so she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
Genesis 30:18
Leah said, "God has given me my reward, because I gave my slave to my husband"; so she named her son Issachar.
Genesis 30:24
May the LORD give me another son"; so she named him Joseph.
Genesis 35:18
But she was dying, and as she breathed her last, she named her son Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.