THE FIFTH BOOK OF
MOSES,
called
D E U T E R O N O M Y
Deuteronomy 27 ©
A command to set up stones for a remembrance, and an altar on the other side of Jordan, and for what end, v. 1, etc. A command and order for the performing the blessing and the curse there, with the pattern of the curse, 11.
AND Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the 1commandments which I command you this day.
And it shall be on the day whena ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and 2plaister them with plaister:
And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, 3that thou mayest go in unto 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.
Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
Andb there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any 4iron tool upon them.
Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of 5whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law 6very plainly.
¶And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; 7this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
¶And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
8These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
¶And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, 9an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, 10and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, 11Amen.
Cursed be he that settethc light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth 12his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the 13daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with his 14mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that 15smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he 16that taketh reward to slay an 17innocent 18person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Curseddbe he that 19confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.