Deuteronomy 27 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

The Curses of Mount Ebal

Deu 27:1Moshe and the Zakenim of Yisra'el commanded the people, saying, Keep all the mitzvah which I command you this day.

Deu 27:2

Deu 27:2It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Yarden to the land which the LORD your God gives you, that you shall set yourself up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:

Deu 27:3

Deu 27:3and you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you are passed over; that you may go in to the land which the LORD your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

Deu 27:4

Deu 27:4It shall be, when you are passed over the Yarden, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in Mount `Eval, and you shall plaster them with plaster.

Deu 27:5

Deu 27:5There shall you build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron tool on them.

Deu 27:6

Deu 27:6You shall build the altar of the LORD your God of uncut stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to the LORD your God:

Deu 27:7

Deu 27:7and you shall sacrifice peace-offerings, and shall eat there; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God.

Deu 27:8

Deu 27:8You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

Deu 27:9

Deu 27:9Moshe and the Kohanim the Levites spoke to all Yisra'el, saying, Keep silence, and listen, Yisra'el: this day you are become the people of the LORD your God.

Deu 27:10

Deu 27:10You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God, and do his mitzvot and his statutes, which I command you this day.

Deu 27:11

Deu 27:11Moshe charged the people the same day, saying,

Deu 27:12

Deu 27:12These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are passed over the Yarden: Shim`on, and Levi, and Yehudah, and Yissakhar, and Yosef, and Binyamin.

Deu 27:13

Deu 27:13These shall stand on Mount `Eval for the curse: Re'uven, Gad, and Asher, and Zevulun, Dan, and Naftali.

Deu 27:14

Deu 27:14The Levites shall answer, and tell all the men of Yisra'el with a loud voice,

Deu 27:15

Deu 27:15Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and say, Amein.

Deu 27:16

Deu 27:16Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amein.

Deu 27:17

Deu 27:17Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark. All the people shall say, Amein.

Deu 27:18

Deu 27:18Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. All the people shall say, Amein.

Deu 27:19

Deu 27:19Cursed be he who wrests the justice due to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amein.

Deu 27:20

Deu 27:20Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amein.

Deu 27:21

Deu 27:21Cursed be he who lies with any manner of animal. All the people shall say, Amein.

Deu 27:22

Deu 27:22Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. All the people shall say, Amein.

Deu 27:23

Deu 27:23Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. All the people shall say, Amein.

Deu 27:24

Deu 27:24Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret. All the people shall say, Amein.

Deu 27:25

Deu 27:25Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amein.

Deu 27:26

Deu 27:26Cursed be he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them. All the people shall say, Amein.

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Deuteronomy 27 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

The Curses of Mount Ebal

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