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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Deuteronomy 27 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/deuteronomy/27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/deuteronomy/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Deuteronomy 27</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../deuteronomy/26.htm" title="Deuteronomy 26">◄</a> Deuteronomy 27 <a href="../deuteronomy/28.htm" title="Deuteronomy 28">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/deuteronomy/27.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Altar on Mount Ebal</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep the whole commandment that I command you today. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And on the day you cross over the Jordan to the land that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and plaster them with plaster. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you cross over to enter the land that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of your fathers, has promised you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And there you shall build an altar to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, an altar of stones. You shall wield no iron tool on them; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>you shall build an altar to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God of uncut<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew whole">a</a></sup></span> stones. And you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and you shall sacrifice peace offerings and shall eat there, and you shall rejoice before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.”</p> <p class="heading">Curses from Mount Ebal</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, “Keep silence and hear, O Israel: this day you have become the people of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You shall therefore obey the voice of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, keeping his commandments and his statutes, which I command you today.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>That day Moses charged the people, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“When you have crossed over the Jordan, these shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the Levites shall declare to all the men of Israel in a loud voice:</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be anyone who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind man on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s nakedness.’<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew uncovered his father's skirt">b</a></sup></span> And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with any kind of animal.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“‘Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Hebrew <i>whole</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">uncovered his father's</span> skirt</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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