Deut 27
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And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment
which I command you this day.
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And it shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan to the land which YHWH
your God gives you, that you shall set you up great stones, and plaster them with
plaster:
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and you shall write upon them all the words of this law, when you are passed over;
that you may go in to the land which YHWH your God gives you, a land flowing with
milk and honey, as YHWH, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
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And it shall be, when you are passed over the Jordan, that you shall set up these
stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with
plaster.
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And there shall you build an altar to YHWH your God, an altar of stones: you shall
lift up no iron [tool] upon them.
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You shall build the altar of YHWH your God of unhewn stones; and you shall offer burnt-offerings
thereon to YHWH your God:
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and you shall sacrifice peace-offerings, and shall eat there; and you shall rejoice
before YHWH your God.
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And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
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And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and
hearken, O Israel: this day you are become the people of YHWH your God.
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You shall therefore obey the voice of YHWH your God, and do his commandments and his
statutes, which I command you this day.
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And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
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These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are passed over
the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
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And these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun,
Dan, and Naphtali.
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And the Levites shall answer, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
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Cursed be the man that makes a graven or molten image, an abomination to YHWH, the
work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. And all the people shall
answer and say, Amen.
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Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall
say, Amen.
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Cursed be he who removes his neighbor`s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall
say, Amen.
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Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Cursed be he who lies with his father`s wife, because he has uncovered his father`s
skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Cursed be he who lies with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter
of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Cursed be he who smites his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall
say, Amen.
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Cursed be he who confirms not the words of this law to do them. And all the people
shall say, Amen.