Deuteronomy: Chapter 27
1. Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the
people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
2. It shall be on the day when you shall pass over
the Jordan to the land which The Lord your God gives you, that you shall set
yourself up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:
3. and you shall write on them all the words of this
law, when you are passed over; that you may go in to the land which The Lord your
God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as The Lord, the God of your
fathers, has promised you.
4. It shall be, when you are passed over the Jordan,
that you shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in Mount
Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.
5. There shall you build an altar to The Lord your
God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron [tool] on them.
6. You shall build the altar of The Lord your God of
uncut stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to The Lord your God:
7. and you shall sacrifice peace offerings, and
shall eat there; and you shall rejoice before The Lord your God.
8. You shall write on the stones all the words of
this law very plainly.
9. Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all
Israel, saying, Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day you are become the
people of The Lord your God.
10. You shall therefore obey the voice of The Lord
your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this
day.
11. Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
12. These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the
people, when you are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and
Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
13. These shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse:
Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14. The Levites shall answer, and tell all the men of
Israel with a loud voice,
15. Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten
image, an abomination to The Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and
sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and say, Amen.
16. Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his
mother. All the people shall say, Amen.
17. Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark. All
the people shall say, Amen.
18. Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of
the way. All the people shall say, Amen.
19. Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the
foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.
20. Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife,
because he has uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amen.
21. Cursed be he who lies with any manner of animal. All
the people shall say, Amen.
22. Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the
daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. All the people shall
say, Amen.
23. Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. All
the people shall say, Amen.
24. Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret. All
the people shall say, Amen.
25. Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent
person. All the people shall say, Amen.
26. Cursed be he who doesn't confirm the words of this
law to do them. All the people shall say, Amen.