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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: "Keep all these commands that I give you today. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat them with plaster. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Build the altar of the LORD your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, "Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the LORD your God. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Obey the LORD your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11On the same day Moses commanded the people: |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice: |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"Cursed is anyone who makes an idol--a thing detestable to the LORD, the work of skilled hands--and sets it up in secret." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor's boundary stone." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19"Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he dishonors his father's bed." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21"Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23"Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24"Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25"Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26"Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" |
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