³² There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua wrote on stones a copy of the law of Moses.^{(A) 33} 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^(B) priests who carried it. Both the foreigners living among them and the native-born^(C) were there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal,^(D) as Moses the servant of the Lord had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.

³⁴ Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—just as it is written in the Book of the Law.^(E)