Lahat ng Israel, kanilang nakatatanda, mga opisyales, at kanilang mga hukom ay tumayo sa magkabilang bahagi ng kaban sa harap ng mga pari at mga Levita na nagdala ng kaban ng tipan ni Yahweh—ang dayuhan gayundin ang ipinanganak na katutubo—nakatayo sa harap ng Bundok Gerizim ang kalahati sa kanila at nakatayo sa harap ng Bundok Ebal ang ibang kalahati. Pinagpala nila ang bayan ng Israel, gaya ng iniutos ni Moises na lingkod ni Yahweh sa kanila sa simula.
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.