Ebal: Stony.1. A mountain 3,076 feet above the level of the sea, and 1,200
feet above the level of the valley, on the north side of which
stood the city of Shechem (q.v.). On this mountain six of the
tribes
(Deuteronomy 27:12,13) were appointed to take their stand and
respond according to a prescribed form to the imprecations
uttered in the valley, where the law was read by the Levites
(Deuteronomy 11:29; 29:4,13) This mountain was also the site of the first
great altar erected to Jehovah
(Deuteronomy 27:5-8; Joshua 8:30-35) After
this the name of Ebal does not again occur in Jewish history.
(See GERIZIM)
2. A descendant of Eber
(1 Chronicles 1:22) called also Obal
(Genesis 10:28)
3. A descendant of Seir the Horite
(Genesis 36:23)
