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Mount Ebal lies on the N. side of the vale of Nâbulus, opposite Gerizim, and is nearly equal to it in altitude. Its sides are somewhat more rugged, and its general outline perhaps bolder than Gerizim. The ascent is not difficult, a goat-path leading up from the town past a little wely. On the summit is a broad stony platform, with a few unimportant ruins; but no traces of what might probably be the altar built by Joshua on which the Law was inscribed. (Josh. viii. 30-35.) The view is wide and interesting, resembling that from Gerizim. About 2m. to the N.E. we see the large village of Tullûzah, situated on high ground, and surrounded by extensive olive-groves. This is probably the ancient Tirzah, which for a time enjoyed conjointly with Shechem the honours of a capital. (1 Kings xiv. 17; xv, 21; xvi. 8-24.)

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