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All the Israelites, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides
of the
ark of the covenant
of the LORD, facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Both the foreigners living among them and the native-born were there. Half
of the people stood in front
of Mount Gerizim and half
of them in front
of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant
of the LORD had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people
of Israel.