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| | Deu 27:1 | Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: "Keep all these commands that I give you today.
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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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 fathers, promised you.
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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 27:5 | Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool upon them.
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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 27:7 | Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God.
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| | Deu 27:8 | And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up."
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| | Deu 27:9 | Then Moses and the priests, who are Levites, said to all Israel, "Be silent, O Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the LORD your God.
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| | Deu 27:10 | Obey the LORD your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today."
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| | Deu 27:11 | On the same day Moses commanded the people:
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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 27:13 | And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.
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| | Deu 27:14 | The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:
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| | Deu 27:15 | "Cursed is the man who carves an image or casts an idol--a thing detestable to the LORD, the work of the craftsman's hands--and sets it up in secret." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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| | Deu 27:16 | "Cursed is the man who dishonors his father or his mother." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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| | Deu 27:17 | "Cursed is the man who moves his neighbor's boundary stone." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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| | Deu 27:18 | "Cursed is the man who leads the blind astray on the road." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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| | Deu 27:19 | "Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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| | Deu 27:20 | "Cursed is the man 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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| | Deu 27:21 | "Cursed is the man who has sexual relations with any animal." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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| | Deu 27:22 | "Cursed is the man 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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| | Deu 27:23 | "Cursed is the man who sleeps with his mother-in-law." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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| | Deu 27:24 | "Cursed is the man who kills his neighbor secretly." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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| | Deu 27:25 | "Cursed is the man who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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| | Deu 27:26 | "Cursed is the man who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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