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Ebal

Ebal



‎View across the village Nablus toward Mt. Ebal, where Joshua is said to have built an altar. The report of a few years ago that archeological evidence had proven the existence of the altar is incorrect. The excavated complex turned out to be the remainder of a residence and a tower.
Deut 11:29; 27:4, 27:13; Josh 8:30–33


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