Deuteronomy 27:4 commands setting up stones on Mount Ebal, the same mountain where these six tribes stand to pronounce the curse.

Deuteronomy 11:29 commands the curse on Mount Ebal, which these six tribes are now appointed to pronounce.

In Genesis 49:4, Reuben's instability costs him preeminence — explaining why he stands under the curse on Mount Ebal.

Joshua 8:33 records the fulfillment of this command, with the tribes standing on Mount Ebal to pronounce the curse.

Genesis 30:6-13 records the births of Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher — the same four tribes listed here as standing on Mount Ebal.

Genesis 49:3 calls Reuben the firstborn of Jacob — a contrast to his place among the cursed tribes on Mount Ebal.

In Genesis 30:20, Leah bears Zebulun — one of the six tribes cursed on Mount Ebal in this verse.