Hele Israel, både de som var israelitter av fødsel og mennene fra andre land som bodde med dem, med deres høvdinger, folkets ledere og dommere, sto rundt arken, foran prestene, levittene, som bar Herrens paktsark; halvparten sto foran fjellet Gerisim og halvparten foran fjellet Ebal, som Moses, Herrens tjener, hadde befalt for å velsigne Israels folk.
And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement; half of them were stationed in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, in agreement with the orders for the blessing of the children of Israel which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had given.