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¹ And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people saying, - Observe all the commandment which I am commanding you to-day.² So then it shall be in the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan, into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, - that thou shalt rear thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster;³ and shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou shalt pass over, - to the end that thou mayest enter upon the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh the God of thy fathers hath spoken unto thee.⁴ So then it shall be when ye shall pass over the Jordan, that ye shall rear up these stones which I am commanding you to-day in Mount Ebal, - and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.⁵ And thou shalt build there an altar unto Yahweh thy God, - an altar of stones, thou shalt not wield thereupon any tool of iron.⁶ Of whole stones, shalt thou build the altar of Yahweh thy God, - then shalt thou cause to go up thereon ascending-sacrifices, unto Yahweh thy God;⁷ and thou shalt sacrifice peace-offerings and shalt eat there, - and rejoice before Yahweh thy God.⁸ And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law doing it plainly and well.⁹ And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel saying, - Keep silence and hear O Israel, This day, hast thou been made a people unto Yahweh thy God.¹⁰ Thou shalt therefore hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, - and do his commandments and his statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day.

¹¹ And Moses commanded the people on that day, saying:¹² These, shall stand to bless the people upon Mount Gerizim, when ye have passed over the Jordan, - Simeon and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;¹³ and, these, shall stand by the curse in Mount Ebal, - Reuben Gad and Asher, and Zebulun Dan and Naphtali.¹⁴ Then shall the Levites respond and say unto every man of Israel with voice uplifted: - ¹⁵ Cursed, be the man that maketh an image - cut or molten - an abomination unto Yahweh the work of the hands of the craftsman and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall respond and say - Amen.¹⁶ Cursed, be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother. And all the people shall say - Amen.¹⁷ Cured, be he that moveth back the boundary of his neighbour. And all the people shall say - Amen.¹⁸ Cursed, be he that causeth the blind to wander in the way. And all the people shall say - Amen.¹⁹ Cursed, be he that perverteth the right of the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow. And all the people shall say - Amen.²⁰ Cursed, be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath turned aside his father's coverlet. And all the people shall say - Amen.²¹ Cursed, be he that lieth with any beast. And all the people shall say - Amen.²² Cursed, be he that lieth with his sister, daughter of his father or daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say - Amen.²³ Cursed, be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say - Amen.²⁴ Cursed, be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say - Amen.²⁵ Cursed, be he that taketh a bribe to shed innocent blood. And all the people shall say - Amen.²⁶ Cursed, be he that establisheth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say - Amen.