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'''Mount Gerizim''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɛ|r|ᵻ|ˌ|z|ɪ|m}}; [[Samaritan Hebrew]]: {{Script|Samr|ࠄࠟࠓࠬࠂࠟࠓࠩࠆࠝࠉࠌ}} ''ʾĀ̊rgā̊rīzem''; [[Hebrew]]: {{Script/Hebrew|הַר גְּרִזִים}} ''Har Gərīzīm''; {{lang-ar|جَبَل جَرِزِيم}} ''Jabal Jarizīm'' or جَبَلُ ٱلطُّورِ ''Jabal at-Ṭūr'') is one of two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian city of [[Nablus]] and the biblical city of [[Shechem]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110301878.52/html |chapter=3. The Votive Inscriptions from Mount Gerizim |date=2013-05-28 |publisher=De Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-030187-8 |doi=10.1515/9783110301878.52|title=Before the God in this Place for Good Remembrance |pages=52–90 }}</ref> It forms the southern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated, the northern side being formed by [[Mount Ebal]].<ref name=brit>{{cite web | title=Mount Gerizim | website=Encyclopedia Britannica | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Gerizim | access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref> The mountain is one of the highest peaks in the Samaria[[West Bank]] and rises to {{convert|881|m|abbr=on}} above sea level, {{convert|70|m|abbr=on}} lower than Mount Ebal.<ref>[[Matthew Sturgis]], ''It aint necessarily so'', {{ISBN|0-7472-4510-X}}</ref> The mountain is particularly steep on the northern side, is sparsely covered at the top with shrubbery, and lower down there is a [[spring (hydrology)|spring]] with a high yield of fresh water.<ref name=JewishEncyclopedia>''[[Jewish Encyclopedia]]''</ref> For the [[Samaritans|Samaritan]] people, most of whom live around it, Mount Gerizim is considered the holiest place on Earth.<ref name="Centre">{{cite web |author=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |date=2 April 2012 |title=Mount Gerizim and the Samaritans (Submission for admission as UNESCO World Heritage site presented by the State of Palestine) |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5706/ |access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref>