Deuteronomy 27

¹ Moses and the elders of Israel gave the people this command: 'Keep al the commandments which Iam laying down for you today.

² After you have crossed the Jordan into the country which Yahweh your God is giving you, you mustset up tal stones, coat them with lime

³ and on them write all the words of this Law, when you have crossed and entered the country whichYahweh your God is giving you, a country flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, God of your ancestors, haspromised you.

⁴ 'When you have crossed the Jordan, you must erect these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command youtoday, and coat them with lime.

⁵ There, for Yahweh your God, you must build an altar of stones, on which no iron has been used.

⁶ You must build the altar of Yahweh your God of rough stones, and on this altar you will present burntofferings to Yahweh your God,

⁷ and immolate communion sacrifices and eat them there, rejoicing in the presence of Yahweh yourGod.

⁸ On these stones you must write al the words of this Law; cut them careful y.'

⁹ Moses and the levitical priests then said to al Israel: 'Be silent, Israel, and listen. Today you havebecome a people for Yahweh your God.

¹⁰ You must listen to the voice of Yahweh your God and observe the commandments and laws which Iam laying down for you today.'

¹¹ That day Moses gave the people this order:

¹² 'When you have crossed the Jordan, the fol owing wil stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people:Simeon and Levi, Judah and Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin.

¹³ And the fol owing wil stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad and Asher, Zebulun, Dan andNaphtali.

¹⁴ The Levites wil then speak, proclaiming loudly to al the Israelites:

¹⁵ "Accursed be anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, a thing detestable to Yahweh, a workman'sartefact, and sets it up in secret." And the people are al to respond by saying, Amen.

¹⁶ "Accursed be anyone who treats father or mother dishonourably." And the people must al say,Amen.

¹⁷ "Accursed be anyone who displaces a neighbour's boundary mark." And the people must al say,Amen.

¹⁸ "Accursed be anyone who leads the blind astray on the road." And the people must al say, Amen.

¹⁹ "Accursed be anyone who violates the rights of the foreigner, the orphan and the widow." And thepeople must al say, Amen.

²⁰ "Accursed be anyone who has sexual intercourse with his father's wife and withdraws the skirt of hisfather's cloak from her." And the people must all say, Amen.

²¹ "Accursed be anyone who has sexual intercourse with any kind of animal." And the people must allsay, Amen.

²² "Accursed be anyone who has sexual intercourse with his sister, the daughter of his father or of hismother." And the people must al say, Amen.

²³ "Accursed be anyone who has sexual intercourse with his mother-in-law." And the people must alsay, Amen.

²⁴ "Accursed be anyone who secretly strikes down his neighbour." And the people must al say, Amen.

²⁵ "Accursed be anyone who accepts a bribe to take an innocent life." And the people must al say,Amen.

²⁶ "Accursed be anyone who does not make the words of this Law effective by putting them intopractice." And the people must al say, Amen.'