Deuteronomy 27
New International Version - Deuteronomy 27 << | >> 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334 27:1 Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: 'Keep all these commands that I give you today. 27:2 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. 27:3 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. 27:4 And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat them with plaster. 27:5 Build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool upon them. 27:6 Build the altar of the Lord your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God. 27:7 Sacrifice fellowship offerings [1] there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the Lord your God. 27:8 And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up.' 27:9 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. 27:10 Obey the Lord your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today.' 27:11 On the same day Moses commanded the people: 27:12 When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin. 27:13 And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali. 27:14 The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice: 27:15 '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!' 27:16 'Cursed is the man who dishonors his father or his mother.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!' 27:17 'Cursed is the man who moves his neighbor's boundary stone.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!' 27:18 'Cursed is the man who leads the blind astray on the road.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!' 27:19 'Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!' 27:20 '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!' 27:21 'Cursed is the man who has sexual relations with any animal.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!' 27:22 '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!' 27:23 'Cursed is the man who sleeps with his mother-in-law.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!' 27:24 'Cursed is the man who kills his neighbor secretly.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!' 27:25 'Cursed is the man who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!' 27:26 'Cursed is the man who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!'