The Mountain of Curses

In the 1980s, archaeologist Adam Zertal uncovered an altar from the time of Joshua. However, because of the dominance of the Minimalist camp in archaeology, which will not allow any finds that validate the Bible, it was never admitted that the site could possibly be an altar. And because Minimalists do not even believe that Joshua or Moses existed, it certainly couldn't be the altar that Joshua built at the command of Moses in Joshua 8:30-31. However, the discovery of a small lead tablet in December 2019 at the same site has now become a small lead bullet in the forehead of secular archaeologists. (And the Minimalist camp of archaeology in general.)

Researchers used a Tomographic scan to reveal the lettering on the small lead tablet. That text has now been deciphered, and it affirms that Mount Ebal is in fact the mountain of "curses" that the Bible said it was all along.

Score one for the Bible.

Again.

The amulet reads:

    Cursed, cursed, cursed – cursed by the God YHW.
    You will die cursed.
    Cursed you will surely die.
    Cursed by YHW – cursed, cursed, cursed.

According to the Associates of Biblical Research, pottery shards and other items found with the amulet, date this tablet to the Iron Age I or the late Bronze Age. This puts it squarely during the time of Moses and Joshua. It brings us to the book of Deuteronomy where Moses commanded Joshua to declare blessings and curses associated with obeying or disobeying the Law when the Israelites entered the land.

Deuteronomy 11:29, (NKJV), "Now it shall be, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal."

The Bible is true and historical. This is just a tiny find, but it has huge ramifications. It is further proof for the the truth of God's word and the dishonesty of the Minimalist camp of Archaeology.

The below videos cover this amazing archaeological discovery from Mount Ebal in Israel. I recommend these videos, and the One for Israel ministry, wholeheartedly. The video from Associates of Biblical Research has very poor audio in the beginning, but it quickly improves (with occasional issues).

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