E todo o Israel, tanto o estrangeiro como o natural, com os seus anciãos, oficiais e juízes, estava de um e de outro lado da arca, perante os levitas sacerdotes que levavam a arca do pacto do Senhor; metade deles em frente do monte Gerizim, e a outra metade em frente do monte Ebal, como Moisés, servo do Senhor, dantes ordenara, para que abençoassem o povo de Israel.
And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.