Saturday, August 18, 2012

Set Thee Up Great Stones

In Deut.  11:29 YHVH commands Israel to make a memorial of an altar and a plaster engraving of the laws upon Mt.Gerizaim and Mt. Ebal. In Deut. 27:2-3  "And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law."

 On Mount Ebal in the West Bank archaeologist Adam Zertal (pointing) believes he has found the altar that Joshua built on Moses instructions a finding that other archaeologists have  challenged. (Israeli soldiers look out for Palestinian snipers.)

In 1980 this site was rediscovered by Israeli archaeologist, Adam Zertal. He found a large rectangular structure about the size of house that was built of large uncut stones with ashes and animal bones from only kosher animals..  You can read the whole article here.

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