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Deuteronomy 27, RSV

27:1 Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, "Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.

27:2 And on the day you pass over the Jordan to the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall set up large stones, and plaster them with plaster;

27:3 and you shall write upon them all the words of this law, when you pass over to enter 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.

27:4 And when you have passed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you this day, on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.

27:5 And there you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones; you shall lift up no iron tool upon them.

27:6 You shall build an altar to the LORD your God of unhewn stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God;

27:7 and you shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God.

27:8 And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly."

27:9 And Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, "Keep silence and hear, O Israel: this day you have become the people of the LORD your God.

27:10 You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God, keeping his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day."

27:11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

27:12 "When you have passed over the Jordan, these shall stand upon Mount Ger'izim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Is'sachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

27:13 And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zeb'ulun, Dan, and Naph'tali.

27:14 And the Levites shall declare to all the men of Israel with a loud voice:

27:15 "`Cursed be the man who makes a graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, `Amen.'

27:16 "`Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'

27:17 "`Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'

27:18 "`Cursed be he who misleads a blind man on the road.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'

27:19 "`Cursed be he who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'

27:20 "`Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered her who is his father's.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'

27:21 "`Cursed be he who lies with any kind of beast.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'

27:22 "`Cursed be he who lies with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'

27:23 "`Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'

27:24 "`Cursed be he who slays his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'

27:25 "`Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'

27:26 "`Cursed be he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, `Amen.'

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