⁶ Abram traveled through the land^(A) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh^(B) at Shechem.^(C) At that time the Canaanites^(D) were in the land. ⁷ The Lord appeared to Abram^(E) and said, “To your offspring^[a] I will give this land.^(F)”^(G) So he built an altar there to the Lord,^(H) who had appeared to him.

¹⁸ After Jacob came from Paddan Aram,^[a](A) he arrived safely at the city of Shechem^(B) in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.

²⁰ There he set up an altar^(A) and called it El Elohe Israel.^[a]

²⁹ When the Lord your God has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizim^(A) the blessings, and on Mount Ebal^(B) the curses.^(C)

¹² When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim^(A) to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar,^(B) Joseph and Benjamin.^(C)

³³ All the Israelites, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the Lord, facing the Levitical^(A) priests who carried it. Both the foreigners living among them and the native-born^(B) were there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal,^(C) as Moses the servant of the Lord had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.