Deuteronomy 27

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• 1. Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: "Keep all these commands that I give you today.
• 2. When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.
• 3. Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, promised you.
• 4. And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat them with plaster.
• 5. Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool upon them.
• 6. Build the altar of the LORD your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.
• 7. Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God.
• 8. And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up."
• 9. Then Moses and the priests, who are Levites, said to all Israel, "Be silent, O Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the LORD your God.
• 10. Obey the LORD your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today."
• 11. On the same day Moses commanded the people:
• 12. When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin.
• 13. And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.
• 14. The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:
• 15. "Cursed is the man who carves an image or casts an idol-a thing detestable to the LORD, the work of the craftsman's hands-and sets it up in secret." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
• 16. "Cursed is the man who dishonors his father or his mother." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
• 17. "Cursed is the man who moves his neighbor's boundary stone." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
• 18. "Cursed is the man who leads the blind astray on the road." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
• 19. "Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
• 20. "Cursed is the man who sleeps with his father's wife, for he dishonors his father's bed." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
• 21. "Cursed is the man who has sexual relations with any animal." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
• 22. "Cursed is the man who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
• 23. "Cursed is the man who sleeps with his mother-in-law." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
• 24. "Cursed is the man who kills his neighbor secretly." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
• 25. "Cursed is the man who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
• 26. "Cursed is the man who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"

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