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27:1  Moses and the elders of Israel gave the following orders to the people: Keep the entire set of commands that I am giving you today.
27:2  At the time that you cross the Jordan into the land that the Lord your God is giving to you, set up large stones and coat them with lime plaster.
27:3  Write on them all the words of this law when you cross over to enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, promised you.
27:4  When you cross over the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal and coat them with lime plaster, as I am commanding you today.
27:5  Build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar made of stones. Do not shape them with an iron tool.
27:6  Build the altar of the Lord your God with whole, uncut stones, and offer whole burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.
27:7  Sacrifice fellowship offerings and eat there, and rejoice before the Lord your God.
27:8  Write clearly and carefully all of the words of this law on the stones.
27:9  Moses and the priests, who are Levites, also spoke the following to all Israel: Be silent and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of the Lord your God.
27:10  Obey the voice of the Lord your God and carry out his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.
27:11  Then Moses gave this command to the people that day:
27:12  The following tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
27:13  The following will stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
27:14  The Levites will testify to every person of Israel with a loud voice:
27:15  Cursed is the man that makes a carved image or a molten metal image, an abomination to the Lord, a work of the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up secretly. All the people will say, “Amen!”
27:16  Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or his mother. All the people will say, “Amen!”
27:17  Cursed is anyone who moves the boundary marker of his neighbor. All the people will say, “Amen!”
27:18  Cursed is anyone who leads astray a blind man on his way. All the people will say, “Amen!”
27:19  Cursed is anyone who perverts the justice due to an alien who resides among you, or justice due to the fatherless or a widow. All the people will say, “Amen!”
27:20  Cursed is any man who lies down with his father’s wife, because he has removed the skirt that is reserved for his father. All the people will say, “Amen!”
27:21  Cursed is anyone who lies down with any animal. All the people will say, “Amen!”
27:22  Cursed is any man who lies down with his sister, either the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. All the people will say, “Amen!”
27:23  Cursed is any man who lies down with his mother-in-law. All the people will say, “Amen!”
27:24  Cursed is anyone who strikes down his neighbor secretly. All the people will say, “Amen!”
27:25  Cursed is anyone who takes payment to strike down an innocent person. All the people will say, “Amen!”
27:26  Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by doing them. All the people will say, “Amen!”