Deuteronomy 27

1 And Moses with the ancients of Israel commanded the people, saying: Keep every commandment that I command you this day.

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

2 And when you are passed over the Jordan into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, thou shalt set up great stones, and shalt plaster them over with plaster,

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,

3 That thou mayst write on them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over the Jordan: that thou mayst enter into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as he swore to thy fathers.

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.

4 Therefore when you are passed over the Jordan, set up the stones which I command you this day, in mount Hebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster:

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.

5 And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God, of stones which iron hath not touched,

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

6 And of stones not fashioned nor polished: and thou shalt offer upon it holocausts to the Lord thy God:

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

7 And shalt immolate peace victims, and eat there, and feast before the Lord thy God.

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

8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law plainly and clearly,

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

9 And Moses and the priests of the race of Levi said to all Israel: Attend, and hear, O Israel: This day thou art made the people of the Lord thy God.

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.

10 Thou shalt hear his voice, and do the commandments and justices which I command thee.

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.

11 And Moses commanded the people in that day, saying:

That same day Moses said to the people,

12 These shall stand upon mount Garizim to bless the people, when you are passed the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

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;

13 And over against them shall stand on mount Hebal to curse: Ruben, Gad, and Aser, and Zabulon, Dan, and Nephtali.

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

14 And the Levites shall pronounce, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice:

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

15 Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing, the abomination of the Lord, the work of the hands of artificers, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say: Amen.

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.

16 Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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

17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmarks: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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

18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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

19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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.

20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife, and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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.

21 Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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

22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or of his mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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.

23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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

24 Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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

25 Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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.

26 Cursed be he that abideth not in the words of this law, and fulfilleth them not in work: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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