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Deuteronomy 27:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

in mount Ebal: The Samaritan text has in mount Gerizim; which has given rise to a violent controversy. Dr. Kennicott suppose that the Jews corrupted this passage out of their enmity to the Samaritans, who had their temple on mount Gerizim; while Dr.

Parry and H. Verschuir defend the present reading. To the writings of these authors the reader is referred.

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