1 5 And you shall build an alter before the Lord your God, and altar of stones; you shall not pass an iron instrument over them. 6 You shall build the altar of the Lord your God of precious stones, perfect, without blemish, and you shall arrange burnt offerings upon it before the Lord your God. 7 And you shall sacrifice sacrifices of holy things and eat there, and rejoice before the Lord your God. 8 And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law, written, engraven and very distinct; and to be read and translated into seventy languages. 9 And Moses and the Levitical priests spoke with all Israel saying: 'Give heed and hear, O Israel: this day you have been appointed a nation before the Lord your God. 10 And you shall hearken to the voice of the Memra of the Lord your God, and you shall do his precepts, and his statutes which I command you this day.
2 7 And this is the blessing. with which Moses the prophet of the Lord blessed the tribe of Judah; and he said: Hear, O Memra of the Lord, the voice of the prayer of Judah, and restore him safety from the battle lines to his people in peace. May his hands avenge him of their enemies, and may you be whim an aid and a support against those who hate him. 8 And Moses the prophet of the Lord blessed the tribe of Levi and said: With the Thummim and the Urim you clothed Aaron, the pious man whom you winnowed, and he remained steadfast in the trial; and you tested him in the Waters of the Strife and he was found faithful. 9 For it is said concerning the tribe of Levi: He did not show favor to his father or to his mother in the judgment, nor did he know his brothers in the affair of the calf, nor did he possess mercy for his sons in the affair of Zimri. For they kept the word of your mouth, and they were careful about your decrees and your law.