33 Then all Israel, with their elders and officers and judges, stood on either side of the ark before the priests, the Levites, ^awho bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, ^bthe stranger as well as he who was born among them. Half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, ^cas Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.  ‡

34 And afterward ^ahe read all the words of the law, ^bthe blessings and the cursings, according to all that is written in the ^cBook of the Law.  ‡

35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, ^awith the women, the little ones, ^band the strangers who were living among them. ‡