Deuteronomy 27:1-10

Living Bible

27 Then Moses and the elders of Israel gave the people these further instructions to obey:^[a]

^2-4 “When you cross the Jordan River and go into the Promised Land—a land ‘flowing with milk and honey’—take out boulders from the river bottom and immediately pile them into a monument on the other side, at Mount Ebal. Face the stones with a coating of lime^[b] and then write the laws of God in the lime. ^5-6 And build an altar there to the Lord your God. Use uncut boulders, and on the altar offer burnt offerings to the Lord your God. ⁷ Sacrifice peace offerings upon it also, and feast there with great joy before the Lord your God. ⁸ Write all of these laws plainly upon the monument.^[c]”

⁹ Then Moses and the Levite-priests addressed all Israel as follows: “O Israel, listen! Today you have become the people of the Lord your God, ¹⁰ so today you must begin to obey all of these commandments I have given you.”