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Deuteronomy 27 :: New International Version (NIV)

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The Altar on Mount Ebal

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:1 - Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all these commands that I give you today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:2 - When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:4 - And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat them with plaster.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:5 - Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:6 - Build the altar of the LORD your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:7 - Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:8 - And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up.”

Curses From Mount Ebal

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:9 - Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, “Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:10 - Obey the LORD your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:11 - On the same day Moses commanded the people:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:13 - And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:14 - The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - “Cursed is anyone who makes an idol—a thing detestable to the LORD, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:16 - “Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 - “Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor’s boundary stone.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18 - “Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 - “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21 - “Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 - “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 - “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - “Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 - “Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - “Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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