Curses from Mount Ebal (DEU 27:9-26)

[27:9] Then 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 today.”

[27:11] That day Moses charged the people, saying,

[27:12] “When you have crossed over the Jordan, these shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

[27:13] And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

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

[27:15] “‘Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal 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 anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

[27:17] “‘Cursed be anyone who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

[27:18] “‘Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind man on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

[27:19] “‘Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

[27:20] “‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s nakedness.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

[27:21] “‘Cursed be anyone who lies with any kind of animal.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

[27:22] “‘Cursed be anyone 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 anyone who lies with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

[27:24] “‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

[27:25] “‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

[27:26] “‘Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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