< 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 with the Elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keepe all the comandements, which I command 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 when ye shall passe ouer Iorden vnto the lande which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt set thee vp great stones, and playster them with plaister,
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 shalt write vpon them all the words of this Lawe, when thou shalt come ouer, that thou mayest go into the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee: a land that floweth with milke and hony, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
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:
Therefore when ye shall passe ouer Iorden, ye shall set vp these stones, which I command you this daye in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
5 And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God, of stones which iron hath not touched,
And there shalt thou build vnto the Lord thy God an altar, euen an altar of stones: thou shalt lift none yron instrument vpon them.
6 And of stones not fashioned nor polished: and thou shalt offer upon it holocausts to the Lord thy God:
Thou shalt make the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones, and offer burnt offerings thereon vnto the Lord thy God.
7 And shalt immolate peace victims, and eat there, and feast before the Lord thy God.
And thou shalt offer peace offrings, and shalt eate there and reioyce before the Lord thy God:
8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law plainly and clearly,
And thou shalt write vpon the stones al the words of this Law, well and plainely.
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.
And Moses and the Priestes of the Leuites spake vnto all Israel, saying, Take heede and heare, O Israel: this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.
10 Thou shalt hear his voice, and do the commandments and justices which I command thee.
Thou shalt hearken therefore vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God, and do his commandements and his ordinances, which I commande thee this day.
11 And Moses commanded the people in that day, saying:
And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
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 shall stand vpon mount Gerizzim, to blesse the people when ye shall passe ouer Iorden: Simeon, and Leui, and Iudah, and Issachar, and Ioseph, and Beniamin.
13 And over against them shall stand on mount Hebal to curse: Ruben, Gad, and Aser, and Zabulon, Dan, and Nephtali.
And these shall stand vpon mount Ebal to 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:
And the Leuites shall answere and say vnto all the men of Israel with a loude voyce,
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 be the man that shall make any carued or molten image, which is an abomination vnto the Lord, the worke of the hands of the craftesman, and putteth it in a secrete place: And all the people shall answere, and say: So be it.
16 Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.
17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmarks: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbors marke: And all the people shall 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 be he that maketh ye blinde go out of the way: And all the people shall 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 be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shall 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 be hee that lyeth with his fathers wife: for he hath vncouered his fathers skirt: And all the people shall say: So be it.
21 Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: And all the people shall 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 be he that lyeth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.
23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cursed be he that lyeth with his mother in law: And all the people shall say: So be it.
24 Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cursed be hee that smiteth his neyghbour secretly: And all the people shall say: So be it.
25 Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shall 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 be he that confirmeth not all the wordes of this Law, to do them: And all the people shall say: So be it.