Lexham English Bible

Deuteronomy 27:12-18 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12. “These tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you cross the Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin.

13. And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for delivering the curse: Reuben, Gad and Asher and Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.

14. And the Levites shall declare, and they shall say to each man of Israel with a loud voice,

15. ‘Cursed be the man that makes a divine image or a cast image, which is a detestable thing for Yahweh, the work of the hand of a skilled craftsman, and then sets it in a hiding place.’ And all the people shall respond, ‘Amen.’

16. ‘Cursed be the one who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all of the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

17. ‘Cursed be the one who moves the boundary marker of his neighbor.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

18. ‘Cursed be the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’