¹And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying: Keep the whole command that I am commanding you today.

²And it will be that on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land that Yahweh your God is giving you, you shall raise up for yourself large stones and plaster them with lime.

³And you shall write on them all the words of this instruction when you cross over, so that you may come to the land that Yahweh your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, spoke to you.

⁴And it will be that when you have crossed the Jordan, you shall raise up these stones, which I am commanding you today, on the mountain of Ebal, and plaster them with lime.

⁵And you shall build there an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones; you shall not wield iron over them.

⁶You shall build the altar of Yahweh your God of whole stones, and you shall offer up burnt offerings on it to Yahweh your God.

⁷And you shall sacrifice peace offerings and eat there, and you shall rejoice before the face of Yahweh your God.

⁸And you shall write on the stones all the words of this instruction, setting it out plainly and well.

⁹And Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying: Be silent and listen, Israel: today you have become a people for Yahweh your God.

¹⁰And you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I am commanding you today.

¹¹And Moses commanded the people on that day, saying:

¹²These shall stand to bless the people on the mountain of Gerizim when you have crossed the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

¹³And these shall stand for the curse on the mountain of Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

¹⁴And the Levites shall answer and say to every man of Israel in a high voice:

¹⁵Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of an artisan, and sets it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say: Amen.

¹⁶Cursed is the one who dishonors his father and his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

¹⁷Cursed is the one who moves back the boundary of his neighbor. And all the people shall say: Amen.

¹⁸Cursed is the one who leads a blind person astray on the road. And all the people shall say: Amen.

¹⁹Cursed is the one who turns aside the justice due the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.

²⁰Cursed is the one who lies with his father's wife, for he has uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say: Amen.

²¹Cursed is the one who lies with any animal. And all the people shall say: Amen.

²²Cursed is the one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

²³Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say: Amen.

²⁴Cursed is the one who strikes his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say: Amen.

²⁵Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to strike down a being of innocent blood. And all the people shall say: Amen.

²⁶Cursed is the one who will not establish the words of this instruction, to do them. And all the people will say: Amen.