²⁹ And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, you shall set ^(A)the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

³³ And all Israel, ^(A)sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests ^(B)who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, ^(C)just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded at the first, to bless the people of Israel.

⁷ When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of ^(A)Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you.