Stones of the Instruction

27 Then Moses and Israel’s elders commanded the people:

Keep all of the commandment that I am giving you right now. ² The same day you cross the Jordan River to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, set up large stones and cover them with plaster. ³ Once you have crossed over, write on the stones all the words of this Instruction because you will have entered^[a] the land the Lord your God is giving to you—a land full of milk and honey—exactly as the Lord, your ancestors’ God, promised you. ⁴ Once you have crossed over the Jordan River, set up these stones that I’m telling you about right now on Mount Ebal. Cover them with plaster ⁵ and build an altar there for the Lord your God—an altar of stones that haven’t been cut with iron tools. ⁶ (You must build the Lord your God’s altar with uncut stones.) Then offer up on that altar entirely burned sacrifices to the Lord your God. ⁷ Offer up well-being sacrifices and eat them there, celebrating in the Lord your God’s presence. ⁸ Make sure to write all the words of this Instruction on the stones plainly and clearly. ⁹ Then Moses and the levitical priests said to all Israel: Quiet down and listen, Israel! This very moment you have become the people of the Lord your God. ¹⁰ So obey the Lord your God’s voice. Do his commandments and his regulations that I’m giving you right now.