 The long closed portion (, "setumah") of the curses ends here.The reading concludes with a summary statement that this is the covenant that God commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in Moab, in addition to the covenant that God made with the Israelites at Horeb (Mount Sinai).The sixth reading (, "aliyah") and the third open portion (, "petuchah") end here with the end of chapter 

In the seventh reading (, "aliyah"), Moses reminded the Israelites that they had seen all that God did to Pharaoh and Egypt, yet they did not yet understand.