29 “When Jehovah your God brings you into the land you are to possess, you must pronounce* the blessing on Mount Gerʹi·zim and the curse on Mount Eʹbal.+

33 All Israel, their elders, the officers, and their judges were standing on both sides of the Ark in front of the Levitical priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. The foreign residents were there as well as the natives.+ Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerʹi·zim, and the other half in front of Mount Eʹbal+ (just as Moses the servant of Jehovah had previously commanded),+ to bless the people of Israel.

20 Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where people must worship.”+