24. Therefore, after Moses had written the words of this law in a volume, and had finished it,
25. he instructed the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying:
26. "Take this book, and place it inside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may be there as a testimony against you.
27. For I know your contentiousness and your very stiff neck. Even while I am still living and entering with you, you have always acted with contention against the Lord. How much more so when I will be dead?
28. Gather to me all those greater by birth throughout your tribes, as well as your teachers, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and I will call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.