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You must not use any iron tool on them. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There you are to sacrifice your peace offerings, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.” <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.” <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">Curses Pronounced from Ebal<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>On that day Moses commanded the people: <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite: <A name="16"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <A name="17"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <A name="18"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <A name="19"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <A name="20"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <A name="21"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <A name="22"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <A name="23"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <A name="24"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <A name="25"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <A name="26"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="selah"> And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>uncovered his father’s skirt</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> LXX <i>Cursed is every man who does not continue in all the words of this law</i><span class="thin"> </span>; cited in <a href="../galatians/3.htm#10">Galatians 3:10</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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