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1 Moses
and the elders
of Israel
commanded the
people, saying, “Keep
all the
commandment which
I command you
today.
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
coat them
with plaster.
3 You
shall write on
them all the
words of this
law, when you
have 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 have crossed
over the Jordan,
that you shall
set up
these stones, which
I command you
today, on Mount
Ebal, and you
shall coat them
with plaster.
5 There
you shall build
an altar to
the LORD your
God, an altar
of stones. You
shall not use
any iron tool
on them.
6 You
shall build the
LORD your God’s
altar of
uncut stones. You
shall offer burnt
offerings on it
to the LORD
your God.
7 You
shall sacrifice
peace offerings,
and shall eat
there. 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 Levitical
priests spoke to
all Israel, saying,
“Be silent and
listen, Israel!
Today you have
become the people
of the LORD
your God.
10 You
shall therefore
obey the LORD
your God’s voice,
and do his
commandments and
his statutes,
which I command
you today.”
11 Moses
commanded the
people the same
day, saying,
12 “These
shall stand on
Mount Gerizim to
bless the people,
when you have
crossed over the
Jordan: Simeon,
Levi, Judah,
Issachar, Joseph,
and Benjamin.
13 These shall
stand on Mount
Ebal for the
curse: Reuben, Gad,
Asher, Zebulun, Dan,
and Naphtali.
14 With
a loud voice,
the Levites shall
say to all
the men of
Israel,
15 ‘Cursed is
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 is
he who dishonors
his father or
his mother.’
All the people
shall say, ‘Amen.’
17 ‘Cursed is
he who removes his
neighbor’s landmark.’
All the people
shall say, ‘Amen.’
18 ‘Cursed is
he who leads
the blind astray
on the road.’
All the people
shall say, ‘Amen.’
19 ‘Cursed is
he who withholds
justice from the
foreigner, fatherless,
and widow.’
All the people
shall say, ‘Amen.’
20 ‘Cursed is
he who lies
with
his father’s wife, because
he dishonors his father’s
bed.’
All the people
shall say, ‘Amen.’
21 ‘Cursed is
he who lies
with any kind
of animal.’
All the people
shall say, ‘Amen.’
22 ‘Cursed is
he who lies
with his sister,
his father’s daughter
or his mother’s
daughter.’
All the people
shall say, ‘Amen.’
23 ‘Cursed is
he who lies
with his mother-in-law.’
All the people
shall say, ‘Amen.’
24 ‘Cursed is
he who secretly
kills his
neighbor.’
All the people
shall say, ‘Amen.’
25 ‘Cursed is
he who takes
a bribe to
kill an innocent
person.’
All the people
shall say, ‘Amen.’
26 ‘Cursed is
he who doesn’t uphold
the words of
this law by
doing them.’
All the people
shall say, ‘Amen.’ ”