Deuteronomy - Chapter 27 | New International Version

  • 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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