Deuteronomy Chapter 27

Deuteronomy Chapter 27
1 Then Moses with the elders of Israel
commanded the people, saying, Keep all
the commandments, which I command
you this day.
2 And when ye shall pass over Jordan
unto the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee, thou shalt set thee up great
stones, and plaster them with plaster, 3
And shalt write upon them all the words
of this law, when thou shalt come over,
that thou mayest go into the land which
the Lord thy God giveth thee: a land that
floweth with milk and honey, as the Lord
God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
4 Therefore when ye shall pass over
Jordan, ye shall set up these stones,
which I command you this day in mount
Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with
plaster.
5 And there shalt thou build unto the
Lord thy God an altar, even an altar of
stones: thou shalt lift none iron
instrument upon them. 6 Thou shalt
make the altar of the Lord thy God of
whole stones, and offer burnt offerings
thereon unto the Lord thy God.
7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings,
and shalt eat there and rejoice before the
Lord thy God:
8 And thou shalt write upon the stones
all the words of this law, well and
plainly.
9 And Moses and the priests of the
Levites spake unto all Israel, saying,
Take heed and hear, O Israel: this day
thou art become the people of the Lord
thy God.
10 Thou shalt hearken therefore unto the
voice of the Lord thy God, and do his
commandments and his ordinances,
which I command thee this day. 11 And
Moses charged the people the same day,
saying,
12 These shall stand upon mount
Gerizzim, to bless the people when ye
shall pass over Jordan: Simeon, and
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and
Joseph, and Benjamin.
13 And these shall stand upon mount
Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher,
and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14 And the Levites shall answer and say
unto all the men of Israel with a loud
voice,
15 Cursed be the man that shall make
any carved or molten image, which is an
abomination unto the Lord, the work of
the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it
in a secret place: And all the people
shall answer, and say: So be it. 16
Cursed be he that curseth his father and
his mother: And all the people shall say:
So be it.
17 Cursed be he that removeth his
neighbor’s mark: And all the people
shall say: So be it.
18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind go
out of the way: And all the people shall
say: So be it.
19 Cursed be he that hindereth the right
of the stranger, the fatherless, and the
widow: And all the people shall say: So
be it.
20 Cursed be he that lieth with his
father’s wife: for he hath uncovered his
father’s skirt: And all the people shall
say: So be it.
21 Cursed be he that lieth with any
beast: And all the people shall say: So
be it.
22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister,
the daughter of his father, or the daughter
of his mother: And all the people shall
say: So be it. 23 Cursed be he that lieth
with his mother in law: And all the
people shall say: So be it.
24 Cursed be he that smiteth his
neighbor secretly: And all the people
shall say: So be it.
25 Cursed be he that taketh a reward to
put to death innocent blood: And all the
people shall say: So be it.
26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all
the words of this law, to do them: And
all the people shall say: So be it.