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4 So when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, about which I am commanding you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall cover them with plaster.
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And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat them with plaster.
5 And you shall build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones on which you have not used an iron tool.
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Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them.
6 You must build the altar of the Lord your God of unhewn stones. Then offer up burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God,
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Build the altar of the LORD your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.
7 make sacrifices of well-being, and eat them there, rejoicing before the Lord your God.
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Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God.
8 You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very clearly.
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And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up.”
9 Then Moses and the levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying: Keep silence and hear, O Israel! This very day you have become the people of the Lord your God.
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Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, “Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the LORD your God.
10 Therefore obey the Lord your God, observing his commandments and his statutes that I am commanding you today.
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Obey the LORD your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today.”
11 The same day Moses charged the people as follows:
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On the same day Moses commanded the people:
12 When you have crossed over the Jordan, these shall stand on Mount Gerizim for the blessing of the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
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When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin.
13 And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
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And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.
14 Then the Levites shall declare in a loud voice to all the Israelites:
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The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:
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