Deuteronomy 27

Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep the whole commandment that I command you today. On the day you cross the Jordan into the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with lime plaster. Write on them all the words of this law when you cross over, so that you may enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. When you cross the Jordan, set up these stones that I command you today on Mount Ebal, and coat them with lime plaster. There you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You shall not wield an iron tool over them. Build the altar of the LORD your God with whole stones, and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God. Sacrifice peace offerings, eat there, and rejoice before the LORD your God. Write all the words of this law on the stones very clearly.” Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, O Israel. This day you have become the people of the LORD your God. Listen to the voice of the LORD your God and do his commandments and his statutes that I command you today.” That day Moses commanded the people, saying, “These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. The Levites shall declare to all the men of Israel with a loud voice, ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved or cast image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman’s hands, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father and mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the way.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who perverts the justice due to a resident foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who lies with his father’s wife, for he has uncovered his father’s covering.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who lies with any animal.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who lies with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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