Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,
All of the blessings and cursings, as outlined in Moses' instructions for this grand ceremony were carried out exactly as Moses commanded, and for a full discussion of this ceremony, see the final chapters of Deuteronomy, above.  "This whole ceremony was a symbolical setting up of the Law of Moses as the law of the land."[37]  The curses were pronounced from Ebal on the north side of the valley, and the blessings from Gerizim on the south.