The Curses at Mount Ebal

27 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep all the commandments which I am commanding you today. ^2 (A)So it shall be on the day when you cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, that you shall set up for yourself large stones and coat them with lime ³ and write on them all the words of this Law, when you cross over, so that you may enter the land which the Lord your God is giving you, ^(B)a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, ^[a]promised you. ⁴ So it shall be when you cross the Jordan, you shall set up these stones ^(C)on Mount Ebal, ^[b]as I am commanding you today, and you shall coat them with lime. ⁵ Moreover, you shall build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you ^(D)shall not wield an iron tool on them. ⁶ You shall build the altar of the Lord your God of ^[c]uncut stones, and you shall offer on it burnt offerings to the Lord your God; ⁷ and you shall sacrifice peace offerings and eat there, and ^(E)rejoice before the Lord your God. ⁸ You shall write on the ^[d]stones all the words of this Law very clearly.”

⁹ Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, Israel! This day you have become a people for the Lord your God. ¹⁰ So you shall ^[e]obey the Lord your God, and do His commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today.”