Deuteronomy 27

1 Then Moses and the responsible men of Israel gave the people these orders: Keep all the orders which I have given you this day;

And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded, saying, Keep all these commands, all that I command you this day.

2 And on the day when you go over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, put up great stones, coating them with building-paste,

And it shall come to pass in the day when you shall cross over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God gives you, that you shall set up for yourself great stones, and shall plaster them with plaster.

3 And writing on them all the words of this law, after you have gone over; so that you may take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said.

And you shall write on these stones all the words of this law, as soon as you have crossed Jordan, when you are entered into the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, according as the Lord God of your fathers said to you.

4 And when you have gone over Jordan, you are to put up these stones, as I have said to you today, in Mount Ebal, and have them coated with building-paste.

And it shall be as soon as you are gone over Jordan, you shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, on mount Gaebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.

5 There you are to make an altar to the Lord your God, of stones on which no iron instrument has been used.

And you shall build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not lift up iron upon it.

6 You are to make the altar of the Lord your God of uncut stones; offering on it burned offerings to the Lord your God:

Of whole stones shall you build an altar to the Lord your God, and you shall offer upon it whole burnt offerings to the Lord your God.

7 And you are to make your peace-offerings, feasting there with joy before the Lord your God.

And you shall there offer a peace-offering; and you shall eat and be filled, and rejoice before the Lord your God.

8 And put on the stones all the words of this law, writing them very clearly.

And you shall write upon the stones all this law very plainly.

9 Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Be silent and hear, O Israel; this day you are become a people to the Lord your God.

10 For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

And you shall listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and shall do all his commands, and his ordinances, as many as I command you this day.

11 That same day Moses said to the people,

And Moses charged the people on that day, saying,

12 These are to take their places on Mount Gerizim for blessing the people when you have gone over Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;

These shall stand to bless the people on mount Garizin having gone over Jordan; Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

13 And these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

And these shall stand for cursing on mount Gaebal; Ruben, Gad, and Aser, Zabulon, Dan, and Nephthali.

14 Then the Levites are to say in a loud voice to all the men of Israel,

And the Levites shall answer and say to all Israel with a loud voice,

15 Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed [is] the man whoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, So be it.

16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed is the man that dishonors his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.

17 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed is he that removes his neighbor's landmarks: and all the people shall say, So be it.

18 Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed is he that makes the blind to wander in the way: and all the people shall say, So be it.

19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed is every one that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow: and all the people shall say, So be it.

20 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed is he that lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, So be it.

21 Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed is he that lies with any beast: and all the people shall say, So be it.

22 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed is he that lies with his sister by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.

23 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed is he that lies with his daughter-in-law: and all the people shall say, So be it. Cursed is he that lies with his wife's sister: and all the people shall say, So be it.

24 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed is he that smites his neighbor secretly: and all the people shall say, So be it.

25 Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed is he whoever shall have taken a bribe to kill an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.

26 Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.

Cursed is every man that continues not in all the words of this law to do them: and all the people shall say, So be it.