Deuteronomy, 27

¹ And Moses together with the older men of Israel went on to command the people, saying: “There should be an observing^*1 of every commandment that I am commanding YOU today.

² And it must occur that in the day when YOU will cross the Jordan into the land that Jehovah^*1 your God is giving you, you must also set up for yourself great stones and whitewash them with lime.

³ And you must write upon them all the words of this law when you have crossed, in order that you may enter into the land that Jehovah^*1 your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, according to what Jehovah the God of your forefathers has spoken to you.

⁴ And it must occur that when YOU have crossed the Jordan, YOU should set up these stones, just as I am commanding YOU today, in Mount Eʹbal,^*1 and you must whitewash them with lime.

⁵ You must also build an altar there to Jehovah your God, an altar of stones. You must not wield an iron tool upon them.

⁶ With whole stones you should build the altar of Jehovah your God, and you must offer burnt offerings to Jehovah your God on it.

⁷ And you must sacrifice communion sacrifices and eat them there, and you must rejoice before Jehovah^*1 your God.

⁸ And you must write on the stones all the words of this law, making them quite clear.”^*1

⁹ Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying: “Keep silent and listen, O Israel. This day you have become^*1 the people of Jehovah your God.

¹⁰ And you must listen to the voice of Jehovah^*1 your God and carry out his commandments and his regulations, which I am commanding you today.”

¹¹ And Moses went on to command the people on that day, saying:

¹² “The following are the ones who will stand to bless the people on Mount Gerʹi·zim when YOU have crossed the Jordan: Simʹe·on and Leʹvi and Judah and Isʹsa·char and Joseph and Benjamin.

¹³ And the following are the ones who will stand for the malediction on Mount Eʹbal: Reuʹben, Gad and Ashʹer and Zebʹu·lun, Dan and Naphʹta·li.

¹⁴ And the Levites must answer and say with raised voice to every man of Israel:

¹⁵ “‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved image or a molten statue, a thing detestable to Jehovah,^*1 the manufacture of the hands of a wood-and-metal worker, and who has put it in a hiding place.’ (And all the people must answer and say, ‘Amen!’^*2)

¹⁶ “‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’ (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)

¹⁷ “‘Cursed is the one who moves back the boundary mark of his fellowman.’ (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)

¹⁸ “‘Cursed is the one who causes the blind to go astray in the way.’ (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)

¹⁹ “‘Cursed is the one who perverts the judgment of an alien resident, a fatherless boy and a widow.’ (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)

²⁰ “‘Cursed is the one who lies down with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered the skirt of his father.’ (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)

²¹ “‘Cursed is the one who lies down with any beast.’ (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)

²² “‘Cursed is the one who lies down with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)

²³ “‘Cursed is the one who lies down with his mother-in-law.’ (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)

²⁴ “‘Cursed is the one who fatally strikes his fellowman from a hiding place.’ (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)

²⁵ “‘Cursed is the one who accepts a bribe to strike a soul fatally, when it is innocent blood.’^*1 (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)

²⁶ “‘Cursed is the one who will not put the words of this law in force by doing them.’ (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)