Catholic Public Domain Version

Deuteronomy 27:13-26 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

13. And in the opposite region, there shall stand upon Mount Ebal, as a curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

14. And the Levites shall pronounce and declare to all the men of Israel, with an exalted voice:

15. Cursed be the man who makes a graven or molten idol, an abomination to the Lord, a work of the hands of its maker, and who puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall respond by saying: Amen.

16. Cursed be he who does not honor his father and mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

17. Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmarks. And all the people shall say: Amen.

18. Cursed be he who causes the blind to go astray on a journey. And all the people shall say: Amen.

19. Cursed be he who subverts the judgment of the new arrival, the orphan, or the widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.

20. Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, and so exposes the covering of his bed. And all the people shall say: Amen.

21. Cursed be he who lies with any beast. And all the people shall say: Amen.

22. Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or of his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

23. Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say: Amen.

24. Cursed be he who secretly strikes down his neighbor. And all the people shall say: Amen.

25. Cursed be he who accepts gifts in order to strike down the life of innocent blood. And all the people shall say: Amen.

26. Cursed be he who does not remain in the words of this law, and does not carry them out in deed. And all the people shall say: Amen."