^{30 Ref} Then Joshua built an altar unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,

^{31 Ref} as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.

^{32 Ref} And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the children of Israel.

^{33 Ref} And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the homeborn; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.