3 When you cross over, write all the words of these teachings on them. Then you may enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. It is a land where much food grows. It is just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised.
4 After you have crossed the Jordan River, set up these stones. Set them on Mount Ebal as I command you today. And cover them with plaster.
5 Build an altar of stones there to the Lord your God. But don’t use any iron tool to cut the stones.
6 Build the altar of the Lord your God with stones from the field. Offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.
7 Offer fellowship offerings there. Eat them and rejoice before the Lord your God.
8 Then write clearly all the words of these teachings on the stones.”
9 Then Moses and the Levites, who are the priests, spoke to all Israel. They said, “Be quiet, Israel. Listen! Today you have become the people of the Lord your God.