 which prohibits wielding iron tools over the stones of the altar and requires that the Israelites build the altar from unhewn stones, echoes  which prohibits building the altar from hewn stones, explaining that wielding tools upon the stones would profane them.The writing of the law on the plastered stones on Mount Ebal () may be contrasted with the proclamation of the prophet Jeremiah, "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.I will be their God, and they will be my people".