Deuteronomy:27
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And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people ,
saying ,
Keep all the commandment which I command you this day .
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And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan to the land which LORD thy God gives thee ,
that thou shall set up for thee great stones ,
and plaster them with plaster .
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And thou shall write upon them all the words of this law when thou have passed over ,
that thou may go in to the land which LORD thy God gives thee ,
a land flowing with milk and honey ,
as LORD ,
the God of thy fathers ,
has promised t
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And it shall be ,
when ye have passed over the Jordan ,
that ye shall set up these stones ,
which I command you this day ,
in mount Ebal ,
and thou shall plaster them with plaster .
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And there thou shall build an altar to LORD thy God ,
an altar of stones .
Thou shall lift up no iron upon them .
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Thou shall build the altar of LORD thy God of unhewn stones .
And thou shall offer burnt-offerings on it to LORD thy God .
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And thou shall sacrifice peace-offerings ,
and shall eat there ,
and thou shall rejoice before LORD thy God .
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And thou shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly .
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And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel ,
saying ,
Keep silence ,
and hearken ,
O Israel .
This day thou have become the people of LORD thy God .
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Thou shall therefore obey the voice of LORD thy God ,
and do his commandments and his statutes ,
which I command thee this day .
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And Moses charged the people the same day ,
saying ,
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These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people ,
when ye have passed over the Jordan :
Simeon ,
and Levi ,
and Judah ,
and Issachar ,
and Joseph ,
and Benjamin .
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And these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse :
Reuben ,
Gad ,
and Asher ,
and Zebulun ,
Dan ,
and Naphtali .
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And the Levites shall answer ,
and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice ,
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Cursed be the man who makes a graven or molten image ,
an abomination to LORD ,
the work of the hands of the craftsman ,
and sets it up in secret .
And all the people shall answer and say ,
Amen .
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Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
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Cursed be he who removes his neighbor '
s landmark .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
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Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
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Cursed be he who distorts the justice to the sojourner ,
fatherless ,
and widow .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
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Cursed be he who lays with his father '
s wife ,
because he has uncovered his father '
s skirt .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
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Cursed be he who lays with any manner of beast .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
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Cursed be he who lays with his sister ,
the daughter of his father ,
or the daughter of his mother .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
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Cursed be he who lays with his mother-in-law .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
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Cursed be he who smites his neighbor in secret .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
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Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent man .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .
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Cursed is the words of this law to do them .
And all the people shall say ,
Amen .