"And it shall be, on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land which the LORD your God is giving you, that you shall set up for yourselves large stones, and whitewash them with lime.
"You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have crossed over, that you may enter the land which the LORD your God is giving you, 'a land flowing with milk and honey,' just as the LORD God of your fathers promised you.
"Therefore it shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, [that] on Mount Ebal you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, and you shall whitewash them with lime.
Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, "Take heed and listen, O Israel: This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.
'Cursed [is] the one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets [it] up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen!'