Deuteronomy 27:14

Modern

Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:

Traditional

And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

Literal

And the Levites shall speak and say to every man of Israel in a loud voice:

Latin

Et pronuntiabunt Levitæ, dicentque ad omnes viros Israël excelsa voce:

Hebrew

English

Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:

God stationed the Levites on Mount Gerizim (27:12). The ark of the covenant was with them, and they offered sacrifices (Joshua 8:30–35). The Levites also taught and proclaimed the Torah (Deuteronomy 33:10; see study note on 6:8; see also Leviticus 10:11).

Mount Gerizim is just west of Mount Ebal. Shechem is in the valley between them.
to bless: God positioned the tribes or their representatives carefully. This was so that while the Levites read the covenant from the valley below, the other tribes would respond by shouting "Amen!" This is a Hebrew term that means "May it be so." They said this to show their agreement with the terms of the covenant.

Theme notes and profiles

Daniel 9:11
All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.
Nehemiah 8:7–8
The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
Malachi 2:7–9
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
Deuteronomy 33:9–10
He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
Joshua 8:33
All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Levi: Son of Jacob; progenitor of the Levites