 1 Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people saying, Keep all the commandments that I command you today. 2 On the day when you shall pass over Jordan to the land that the Lord your God gives you, you shall set up great stones and plaster them with plaster. 3 You shall write on them all the words of the law when you have passed over, so that you may go in to the land that the Lord your God gives you, a land that flows with milk and honey, as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you. 4 Therefore when you have gone over Jordan, you shall set up these stones that I command you today in Mount Ebal. You shall plaster them with plaster. 5 You shall build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. You shall not lift up any iron tool on them. 6 You shall build the altar of the Lord your God of uncut stones, and you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God. 7 You shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the Lord your God. 8 You shall write all the words of this law very plainly on the stones. 9 Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying: Take heed and listen, O Israel. Today you have become the people of the Lord your God. 10 You shall therefore obey the voice of the Lord your God, and do His commandments and His statutes that I command you today. 11 Moses charged the people the same day saying, 12 These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you have come over Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. 13 These shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 The Levites shall speak and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed are those who make any graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and put it in a secret place. Then all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16 Cursed are those who think lightly of their father or mother. All the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed are those who remove their neighbor's landmark. All the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed are those who make the blind to wander out of the way. All the people shall say, Amen. 19 Cursed are those who pervert the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, or widow. All the people shall say, Amen. 20 Cursed are those who lie with their father's wife because they uncover their father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amen. 21 Cursed are those who lie with any kind of animal. All the people shall say, Amen. 22 Cursed are those who lie with their sister, the daughter of their father or the daughter of their mother. All the people shall say, Amen. 23 Cursed are those who lie with their mother in law. All the people shall say, Amen. 24 Cursed are those who strike their neighbor secretly. All the people shall say, Amen. 25 Cursed are those who take reward to kill an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amen. 26 Cursed are those who do not confirm all the words of this law to do them. All the people shall say, Amen.
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