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Gerizzim

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A mountain of 2848 ft. in height in the S. of the valley of Shechem, opposite Ebal (q. v .), and from the slopes of which the blessings were responded to by half the tribes of Israel on their arrival in Canaan (Josh. viii. 30-35); the Samaritans erected a temple on this mountain, ruins of which still remain.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Gerizzim'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/gerizzim.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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