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| 27 | Deuteronomy |
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Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, "Keep all the commandment which I command you this day. | An altar at Mount Ebal. Dt.27.1-10 |
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And on the day you pass over the Jordan to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall set up large stones, and plaster them with plaster; | |
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and you shall write upon them all the words of this law, when you pass over to enter the land which Yahweh your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you. | |
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And when you have passed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you this day, on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster. | |
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And there you shall build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones; you shall lift up no iron tool upon them. | |
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You shall build an altar to Yahweh your God of unhewn stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings on it to Yahweh your God; | |
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and you shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God. | |
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And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly." | |
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And Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, "Keep silence and hear, O Israel: this day you have become the people of Yahweh your God. | |
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You shall therefore obey the voice of Yahweh your God, keeping his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day." | |
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And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, | |
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"When you have passed over the Jordan, these shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. | |
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And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. | |
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And the Levites shall declare to all the men of Israel with a loud voice: | |
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" 'Cursed be the man who makes a graven or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.' | The twelve curses. Dt.27.11-26 |
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" 'Cursed be he who dishonours his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' | |
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" 'Cursed be he who removes his neighbour's landmark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' | |
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" 'Cursed be he who misleads a blind man on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' | |
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" 'Cursed be he who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' | |
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" 'Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered her who is his father's.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' | |
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" 'Cursed be he who lies with any kind of beast.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' | |
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" 'Cursed be he who lies with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' | |
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" 'Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' | |
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" 'Cursed be he who slays his neighbour in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' | |
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" 'Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' | |
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" 'Cursed be he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' | |
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