5 ^awhile I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord. For ^byou were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said:

11 According to the instructions that they give you, and according to the decision which they pronounce to you, you shall do. You shall not turn aside from the verdict that they declare to you, either to the right hand or to the left.

The Altar on Mount Ebal

1 Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep the whole commandment that I command you today. 2 And on the day ^syou cross over the Jordan to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and plaster them with plaster. 3 ^tAnd you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you cross over to enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you, ^ua land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

26 ^p“‘Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

10 when you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.

46 he said to them, ^r“Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, ^sthat you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law.

47 For it is no empty word for you, ^tbut your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”