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Allusion
Later text
John 4:20-22BSB
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem." "Believe Me, woman," Jesus replied, "a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
Earlier text
When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
Earlier text
Joshua 8:33BSB
All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
Earlier text
A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.” Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is built up as a city united together, where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
Earlier text
Psalms 76:1BSB
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.
Deuteronomy 11:29 commands that once Israel enters the land, "you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal," and Joshua 8:33 records the ceremony. Gerizim was a mountain of covenant blessing, which the Samaritans later made their place of worship, while Deuteronomy itself pointed to "the place the LORD your God will choose" (12:5), which came to be Jerusalem. The woman's words in John 4:20, "Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem," set the two claims side by side. The tie is clear: "this mountain" is Gerizim, though Deuteronomy is not quoted. Jesus affirms Israel's place in history, "salvation is from the Jews" (4:22), yet announces that "a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem" (4:21), but "in spirit and in truth" (4:24). When she speaks of Messiah, He says, "I who speak to you am He" (4:26). The place of blessing is now a Person, and the Father seeks worshipers who come to Him there.