Deuteronomy 27
1AGAIN Moses, with the elders of Israel, gave a charge, saying, You shall keep all these commandments which I this day command you.
2When you have crossed the Jordan, into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee; thou shalt set up for thyself large stones, and plaster them with mortar,
3and thou shalt write on those stones all the words of this law.
4Soon as you have crossed the Jordan—when you are come to the land which the Lord the God of thy fathers giveth thee—a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord the God of thy fathers promised thee, you shall, immediately after your crossing the Jordan, set up these stones, which I this day command thee, at mount Garizin, and thou shalt plaster them with mortar,
5and build there an altar to the Lord thy God—an altar of stones. Thou shalt not lift up a tool upon it.
6Of unwrought stones thou shalt build the altar to the Lord thy God, and offer upon it whole burnt offerings to the Lord thy God.
7Then thou shalt offer there a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and when thou hast eaten, and art filled, and hast rejoiced before the Lord thy God;
8then thou shalt write upon the stones all this law, in the plainest manner.
9Then Moses with the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying:
10Be silent and hear, O Israel. Thou art this day made a people for the Lord thy God; therefore thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and perform all His commandments, and His rules of rectitude, which I this day command thee.
11Then Moses gave a charge to the people that day, saying:
12Having crossed the Jordan, these shall stand on mount Garizin to bless the people—Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
13And these shall stand at the curse on mount Gaibal: Reuben, Gad, and Aser, Zabulon, Dan, and Nephthaleim;
14and the Levites shall address all Israel, and say with a loud voice:
15Cursed the man who shall make a graven, or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of artists, though he set it up in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
16Cursed he who slighteth his father or his mother.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
17Cursed he who removeth his neighbour’s landmark.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
18Cursed he who leadeth the blind out of the way.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
19Cursed he who perverteth the judgment of the stranger, or the orphan, or the widow.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
20Cursed he who lieth with his father’s wife, because he hath uncovered his father’s skirt.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
21Cursed he who lieth with any beast.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
22Cursed he who lieth with his sister, by the same father, or mother.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
23Cursed he who lieth with his daughter in law.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed he who lieth with the sister of his wife.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
24Cursed he who smiteth his neighbour secretly.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
25Cursed he who taketh bribes to slay an innocent person.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
26Cursed be every man who will not persevere in all the words of this law, to do them.
And all the people shall say, Amen.