Deuteronomy 27
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Build an altar on Mount Ebal
1Moses stood together with the leaders and told the people of Israel:
Obey all the laws and teachings that I am giving you today. 2-4Soon you will enter the land that the LORD your God is giving to you. He is the God your ancestors worshipped, and he has promised that this land is rich with milk and honey.#Js 8.30-32.
After you cross the River Jordan, go to Mount Ebal. Set up large slabs of stone, then cover them with white plaster and write on them a copy of these laws.
5At this same place, build an altar for offering sacrifices to the LORD your God. But don't use stones that have been cut with iron tools.#Ex 20.25. 6Look for stones that can be used without being cut. Then offer sacrifices to please the LORD,#27.6 sacrifices to please the LORD: See the note at 12.5-19. burning them completely on the altar. 7Next, offer sacrifices to ask the LORD's blessing,#27.7 sacrifices to ask the LORD's blessing: These sacrifices have traditionally been called “peace offerings” or “offerings of well-being”. A main purpose was to ask for the LORD's blessing, and so in the CEV they are sometimes called “sacrifices to ask the LORD's blessing”. and serve the meat at a sacred meal where you will celebrate in honour of the LORD.
8Don't forget to write out a copy of these laws on the stone slabs that you are going to set up. Make sure that the writing is easy to read.
Curses on those who disobey
9Moses stood together with the priests#27.9 priests: See the note at 17.8-12. and said, “Israel, be quiet and listen to me! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God.#27.9 Today you have become the people of the LORD your God: As a result of the agreement that the LORD had made with them, recorded in 26.16-19. 10So you must obey his laws and teachings that I am giving you.”
11That same day, Moses gave them the following instructions:
12-13After you cross the River Jordan, you will go to Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal.#27.12,13 Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal: These mountains were separated by a valley. The tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Ephraim, Manasseh,#27.12,13 Ephraim, Manasseh: The Hebrew text has “Joseph”; the descendants of Joseph formed the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. and Benjamin will go up on Mount Gerizim, where they will bless the people of Israel. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali will go up on Mount Ebal where they will agree to the curses.#Dt 11.29; Js 8.33-35.
14-26The people of the Levi tribe will speak each curse in a loud voice, then the rest of the people#27.14-26 the rest of the people: Or “all the people who are standing on Mount Ebal”. will agree to that curse by saying, “Amen!” Here are the curses:#Ex 20.4; 34.17; Lv 19.4; 26.1; Dt 4.15-18; 5.8.#Ex 20.12; Dt 5.16.#Dt 19.14.#Lv 19.14.#Ex 22.21; 23.9; Lv 19.33,34; Dt 24.17,18.#Lv 18.8; 20.11; Dt 22.30.#Ex 22.19; Lv 18.23; 20.15.#Lv 18.9; 20.17.#Lv 18.17; 20.14.#Ga 3.10.
We ask the LORD to put a curse on anyone who makes an idol or worships idols, even secretly. The LORD is disgusted with idols.
We ask the LORD to put a curse on all who do not show respect for their father and mother.
We ask the LORD to put a curse on anyone who moves the rocks that mark boundaries.
We ask the LORD to put a curse on anyone who tells blind people to go the wrong way.
We ask the LORD to put a curse on anyone who keeps the poor from getting justice, whether these poor are foreigners, widows, or orphans.
We ask the LORD to put a curse on any man who sleeps with his father's wife; that man has shown no respect for his father's marriage.
We ask the LORD to put a curse on anyone who has sex with an animal.
We ask the LORD to put a curse on any man who sleeps with his sister or his half-sister or his mother-in-law.
We ask the LORD to put a curse on anyone who commits murder, even when there are no witnesses to the crime.
We ask the LORD to put a curse on anyone who accepts money to murder an innocent victim.
We ask the LORD to put a curse on anyone who refuses to obey his laws.
And so, to each of these curses, the people will answer, “Amen!”
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Deuteronomy 27
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The Law Written on Stones
1Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, “Keep every command I am giving you today. 2At the time you cross the Jordan into the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must set up large stones and cover them with plaster. # Jos 8:30-32 3Write all the words of this law on the stones after you cross to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, # Dt 11:9 as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you. 4When you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to cover them with plaster. 5Build an altar of stones there to the Lord your God — you must not use any iron tool on them. # Ex 20:25 6Use uncut stones to build the altar of the Lord your God and offer burnt offerings to the Lord your God on it. 7There you are to sacrifice fellowship offerings, eat, and rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God. 8Write clearly all the words of this law on the plastered stones.”
The Covenant Curses
9Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, “Be silent, Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the Lord your God. 10Obey the Lord your God and follow His commands and statutes I am giving you today.”
11On that day Moses commanded the people, 12“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. 13And these tribes will stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. # Dt 11:29-30; Jos 8:33-35 14The Levites will proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:
15‘The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.’
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen! ’
16‘The one who dishonors his father or mother is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’
17‘The one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’
18‘The one who leads a blind person astray on the road is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’
19‘The one who denies justice to a foreigner, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’
20‘The one who sleeps with his father’s wife is cursed, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ # Lit has uncovered the edge of his father’s garment ; Ru 3:9; Ezk 16:8
And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’
21‘The one who has sexual intercourse with any animal is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’
22‘The one who sleeps with his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’
23‘The one who sleeps with his mother-in-law is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’
24‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’
25‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’
26‘Anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’
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