Deuteronomy 3:8

3:8 So at that time we took the land of the two Amorite kings in the Transjordan from Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon 1 

Deuteronomy 27:4

27:4 So when you cross the Jordan you must erect on Mount Ebal 2  these stones about which I am commanding you today, and you must cover them with plaster.

Deuteronomy 27:12

27:12 “The following tribes 3  must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Deuteronomy 32:49

32:49 “Go up to this Abarim 4  hill country, to Mount Nebo (which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho 5 ) and look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites as a possession.

1 sn Mount Hermon. This is the famous peak at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range known today as Jebel es-Sheik.

2 tc Smr reads “Mount Gerizim” for the MT reading “Mount Ebal” to justify the location of the Samaritan temple there in the postexilic period. This reading is patently self-serving and does not reflect the original. In the NT when the Samaritan woman of Sychar referred to “this mountain” as the place of worship for her community she obviously had Gerizim in mind (cf. John 4:20).

3 tn The word “tribes” has been supplied here and in the following verse in the translation for clarity.

4 sn Abarim. This refers to the high plateau region of the Transjordan, the highest elevation of which is Mount Pisgah (or Nebo; cf. Deut 34:1). See also the note on the name “Pisgah” in Deut 3:17.

5 map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.