27 Then Mosheh (Moses) and the Israeli elders commanded the people, “Follow all the instructions that I’m giving you today. 2 When you cross the Yarden river to enter the land that your god Yahweh is giving you, then you must stand up some tall pieces of rock and cover them with plaster.[ref] 3 Then write all these instructions onto them as soon as you’ve crossed the river, so that you can enter the very fertile land that your god Yahweh is giving you, as he had promised your ancestors. 4 Then after you’ve gone further in, stand some tall pieces of rock up on end on Mt. Ebal like I’ve told you, and cover them with plaster, 5 and build a stone altar there to offer sacrifices to your god Yahweh. Don’t use any iron tools to shape the stones.[ref] 6 You must built Yahweh’s altar with uncut stones. Then you can offer burnt sacrifices to your god Yahweh on it. 7 Also, you can sacrifice peace offerings and cheerfully eat them there in front of your god Yahweh. 8 When you write these instructions on those stones, you must write them very clearly.

9 Then Mosheh (Mosheh) along with the priests and the Levites, spoke to all Yisrael, “Be silent and listen, Yisrael. Today you have become the people of your god Yahweh. 10 So from now on, you must listen to what he says and follow all the instructions and rules that I’m giving you today.”