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12 “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. 13 And these tribes will stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 The Levites will proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite: 15 ‘The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen! ’ 16 ‘The one who dishonors his father or mother is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’ 17 ‘The one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’ 18 ‘The one who leads a blind person astray on the road is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’ 19 ‘The one who denies justice to a resident alien, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’ 20 ‘The one who sleeps with his father’s wife is cursed, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’ 21 ‘The one who has sexual intercourse with any animal is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’ 22 ‘The one who sleeps with his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’ 23 ‘The one who sleeps with his mother-in-law is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’ 24 ‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’ 25 ‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’ 26 ‘Anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’ Deuteronomy 27:12-26, Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers.
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