4. And when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.
5. And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. You shall wield no iron tool on them;
6. you shall build an altar to the Lord your God of uncut stones. And you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God,
7. and you shall sacrifice peace offerings and shall eat there, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God.
8. And you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.”
9. Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, “Keep silence and hear, O Israel: this day you have become the people of the Lord your God.
10. You shall therefore obey the voice of the Lord your God, keeping his commandments and his statutes, which I command you today.”
11. That day Moses charged the people, saying,
12. “When you have crossed over the Jordan, these shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
13. And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14. And the Levites shall declare to all the men of Israel in a loud voice: