III.
A warning
27:1—28:68
A.
Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanding the people to keep the whole commandment and to declare the curses in the good land
27:1-26
Deut. 27
:1
27:1
And Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying, Keep the whole commandment which I am commanding you today.
Deut. 27
:2
27:2
And in the day when you
across over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah your God is giving you, you shall erect for yourself large stones; and you shall coat them with plaster.
Deut. 27
:3
27:3
And you shall
awrite upon them
1all the words of this law when you cross over, in order that you may enter the land which Jehovah your God is giving you, a land flowing with
bmilk and honey, as Jehovah, the God of your fathers, promised to you.
Deut. 27
:4
27:4
And when you cross over the Jordan, you shall erect these stones, concerning which I am commanding you today, on
aMount Ebal; and you shall coat them with plaster.
Deut. 27
:5
27:5
aAnd you shall build there an
1altar to Jehovah your God, an altar of stones; you shall not use an
2iron tool upon them;
Deut. 27
:6
27:6
With unhewn stones you shall build the altar of Jehovah your God. Then you shall offer up burnt offerings upon it to Jehovah your God;
Deut. 27
:7
27:7
And you shall sacrifice peace offerings and eat there, and you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God.
Deut. 27
:8
27:8
Then you shall
awrite upon the stones all the words of this law very clearly.
Deut. 27
:9
27:9
And Moses, with the Levitical priests, spoke to all Israel, saying, Be silent and hear, O Israel; this day you have become the people of Jehovah your God.
Deut. 27
:10
27:10
Therefore you shall listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, and do His commandments and His statutes, which I am commanding you today.
Deut. 27
:11
27:11
And Moses commanded the people on that day, saying,
Deut. 27
:12
27:12
These shall stand upon
aMount Gerizim to bless the people when you cross over the Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;
Deut. 27
:13
27:13
And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal for
acursing: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Deut. 27
:14
27:14
And the Levites shall respond and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
Deut. 27
:15
27:15
Cursed is the man who
amakes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, the work of the craftsman’s hands, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say,
1bAmen.
Deut. 27
:16
27:16
Cursed is he who
adishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deut. 27
:17
27:17
Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s
aboundary marker. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deut. 27
:18
27:18
Cursed is he who leads astray a
ablind man on the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deut. 27
:19
27:19
Cursed is he who distorts justice
due a
asojourner, an orphan, or a widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deut. 27
:20
27:20
Cursed is he who lies with his
afather’s wife, for he uncovers the skirt of his father’s garment. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deut. 27
:21
27:21
Cursed is he who lies with any
aanimal. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deut. 27
:22
27:22
Cursed is he who lies with his
asister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deut. 27
:23
27:23
Cursed is he who lies with his
amother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deut. 27
:24
27:24
Cursed is he who
aslays his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deut. 27
:25
27:25
Cursed is he who
atakes payment to slay someone of innocent blood. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deut. 27
:26
27:26
aCursed is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
