Lexham English Bible

Deuteronomy 27:7-21 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

7. And you shall sacrifice fellowship offerings, and you shall eat them there, and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God.

8. You shall write on the stone all of the words of this law very clearly.”

9. Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and hear, Israel, for this day you have become a people for Yahweh your God.

10. And listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and observe his commandments and his rules that I am commanding you today.”

11. And Moses charged the people on that day, saying,

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.’

19. ‘Cursed be the one who deprives the alien, the orphan, and the widow of justice.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

20. ‘Cursed be the one who lies with the wife of his father, because he has dishonored his father’s bed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

21. ‘Cursed be the one who lies with any kind of animal.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’