Deuteronomy 27

¹Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep all the commandment which I command you today.

²It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan to the land which the LORD your God gives you, that you shall set yourself up great stones, and coat them with plaster.

³You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have passed over, that you may go in to the land which the LORD your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

⁴It shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall coat them with plaster.

⁵There you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You shall not use any iron tool on them.

⁶You shall build the LORD your God’s altar of uncut stones. You shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

⁷You shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there. You shall rejoice before the LORD your God.

⁸You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.”

⁹Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God.

¹⁰You shall therefore obey the LORD your God’s voice, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you today.”

¹¹Moses commanded the people the same day, saying,