1 And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandment which I command you today. 2 And on the day you cross the Jordan to the land which Shema your God gives you, you shall set up for yourselves large stones, and plaster them with plaster. 3 And you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you cross, so that you may go in to the land which Shema your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Shema, the God of your fathers, has promised you. 4 And when you have crossed the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, on [Mount] Ārgarizem,⁠a and you shall plaster them with plaster. 5 And there you shall build an altar to Shema your God, an altar of stones; you shall use no iron [tool] on them. 6 You shall build the altar to Shema your God of uncut stones, and you shall offer burned offerings on it to Shema your God. 7 And you shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there, and you shall celebrate in the presence of Shema your God. 8 And you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.”

9 And Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying: “Pay attention and listen, Israel: Today you have become a holy people to Shema your God. 10 You shall therefore obey the voice of Shema your God, and keep his commandments and his decrees, which I command you today.” 11 And Moses instructed the people the same day, saying: 12 “These shall stand to bless the people on [Mount] Ārgarizem, when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. 13 And these shall stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall answer, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 ‘The man who makes a carved or cast-metal image, detestable things to Shema, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’ 16 ‘Anyone who degrades his father or his mother is cursed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 17 ‘Anyone who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker is cursed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 18 ‘Anyone who misleads a blind man on the road is cursed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 19 ‘Anyone who perverts the justice [due] to the orphan, the foreign resident, and the widow is cursed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 20 ‘Anyone who has sex with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s skirt, is cursed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 21 ‘Anyone who has sex with any animal is cursed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 22 ‘Anyone who has sex with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, is cursed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 23 ‘Anyone who has sex with his mother-in-law is cursed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 24 ‘Anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret is cursed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 25 ‘Anyone who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 26 ‘Anyone who does not confirm all the words of this law to do them is cursed.’⁠b And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’