Deuteronomy 27

¹ Moses and the elders gave the people this command: “Keep all the commandments I enjoin on you today.

² After you have crossed the Jordan into the land Yahweh your God is giving you, you are to set up tall stones and coat them with lime

³ and write on them all the words of this Law, the moment you cross to enter the land Yahweh your God is giving you, a land where milk and honey flow, as Yahweh the God of your fathers promised you.

⁴ ‘And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as today I command you, and you are to coat them with lime.

⁵ There you must build Yahweh your God an altar of stones that no iron tool has worked.

⁶ You must build the altar to Yahweh your God of undressed stone, and on this altar you will offer holocausts to Yahweh your God,

⁷ and immolate communion sacrifices and eat them there, rejoicing in the sight of Yahweh your God.

⁸ On these stones you must write all the words of this Law; cut them carefully.’

⁹ Then Moses and the levitical priests said to all Israel: ‘Be silent, Israel, and listen. Today you have become a people for Yahweh your God.

¹⁰ You must listen to the voice of Yahweh your God and observe the commandments and laws I enjoin on you today.

¹¹ And the same day Moses gave the people this order:

¹² ‘When you have crossed the Jordan, the following tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon and Levi, Judah and Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin.

¹³ And the following tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad and Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.

¹⁴ The Levites shall then speak and proclaim loudly to all the Israelites:

¹⁵ “A curse on the man who carves or casts an idol, a thing detestable to Yahweh, the work of a craftsman’s hands, and sets it up in secret.” And all the people shall answer saying: Amen.

¹⁶ “A curse on him who treats his father or mother dishonourably.” And all the people shall say: Amen.

¹⁷ “A curse on him who displaces his neighbour’s boundary mark.” And all the people shall say: Amen.

¹⁸ “A curse on him who leads a blind man astray on the road.” And all the people shall say: Amen.

¹⁹ “A curse on him who tampers with the rights of the stranger, the orphan and the widow.” And all the people shall say: Amen.

²⁰ “A curse on him who sleeps with his father’s wife and withdraws the skirt of his father’s cloak from her.” And all the people shall say: Amen.

²¹ “A curse on him who lies with any kind of animal.” And all the people shall say: Amen.

²² “A curse on him who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother.” And all the people shall say: Amen.

²³ “A curse on him who sleeps with his mother-in-law.” And all the people shall say: Amen.

²⁴ “A curse on him who strikes down his neighbour in secret.” And all the people shall say: Amen.

²⁵ “A curse on him who accepts a bribe to take an innocent life.” And all the people shall say: Amen.

²⁶ “A curse on him who does not maintain the words of the Law by observing them.” And all the people shall say: Amen.