4 And when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you today, ^von Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.

29 And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, you shall set ^wthe blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30 Are they not beyond the Jordan, west of the road, toward the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the ^xArabah, opposite Gilgal, beside ^ythe oak¹ of Moreh?

Joshua Renews the Covenant

30 At that time Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, ^aon Mount Ebal, 31 just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the people of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, “an altar of uncut stones, upon which no man has wielded an iron tool.” And they offered on it burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings. 32 And there, in the presence of the people of Israel, he wrote on ^bthe stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written. 33 And all Israel, ^csojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests ^dwho carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, ^ejust as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded at the first, to bless the people of Israel.