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limpid springs; its rivers, lakes, and matchless chap 
plains ; its hills and vales ; — all these, added to 
the serenity of its climate, prove this land to be 
indeed " a field which the Lord hath blessed^ : 
God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the 
fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and 
wine." 
The first part of our journey led through the 
valley lying between the two mountains Ebal 
and Gerizim*. We passed the Sepulchre of 
(3) Gen. xxvii. 27, 28. 
(4) Ebal, sometimes written Gelal, is upon the north ; and Gerizim^ 
or Garizim, upon the south. Tiie streets of Napolose run parallel to 
the latter ; which overlooks the town. (/-7rf. Joseph, lib. v. Antig. c. 9.) 
" 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 anse upon Ebal." (Deut. 
xi. 29.) Also, in the record of the covenant, {Deut. xxvii. 5.) the people 
are directed to build an altar of whole stones upon Mount Ebal. " And 
Afoses charged the people {ibid. v. 11.) the same day, saying, These 
shall stand upon Mount Gerizim, to bless the people ;" " and {ibid. 
V, 13.) these shall stand upon Mount Ebal, to curse." [See also Josh. 
viii. 33.) The Samaritans have now a place of worship upon Mount 
Gerizlm. {See Maundrell. Journ. from Alepp. tojtrus. p. 59.) Reland 
/o»i. II. p. 1006. torn. 1. p. 344. Traj. Bat. IT 14) wrote the name of this 
mountain both Garizim and Gerizim. The Sainaritans, according to 
Phocas, believed that upon Mount Gerizim, which stands upon the 
right hand of a person facing the east, Abraham prepared the sacrifice 
of his son Isaac, ''n.v to h^nurtpan uTap^u to opos Iv u 01 'XuftaptT; Xiyouct 
XP\uxTiiTai TM ' Afipakfi, t'ov Qior, xa) rhy &v<n'av ^rirnffai reu'lfuax. " In dex- 
^eriore montium Samaritanorum ea traditio est) Deus Abrahamo re- 
sponsum dedit, et Isaacum in sacrificium petiit." Phoca Desc. Terr. 
Sand. c. 13. Col. 1653. 
