The Law Inscribed on Stones
1 Now Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandments which I command you today.
2 And it shall be, on the daywhen you cross over the Jordan to the land which theLordyour God is giving you, thatyou shall set up for yourselves large stones, and whitewash them with lime.
3 You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have crossed over, that you may enter the land which theLordyour God is giving you,‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ just as theLordGod of your fathers promised you.
4 Therefore it shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan,thaton Mount Ebal you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, and you shall whitewash them with lime.
5 And there you shall build an altar to theLordyour God, an altar of stones;you shall not use an irontoolon them.
6 You shall build with whole stones the altar of theLordyour God, and offer burnt offerings on it to theLordyour God.
7 You shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, andrejoice before theLordyour God.
8 And you shallwrite very plainly on the stones all the words of this law.”
9 Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, “Take heed and listen, O Israel:This day you have become the people of theLordyour God.
10 Therefore you shall obey the voice of theLordyour God, and observe His commandments and His statutes which I command you today.”
Curses Pronounced from Mount Ebal
11 And Moses commanded the people on the same day, saying,
12 “These shall standon Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin;
13 andthese shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14 “Andthe Levites shall speak with a loud voice and say to all the men of Israel:
15 ‘Cursedisthe one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to theLord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setsitup in secret.’
# “And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen!’
16 ‘Cursedisthe one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
17 ‘Cursedisthe one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
18 ‘Cursedisthe one who makes the blind to wander off the road.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
19 ‘Cursedisthe one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
20 ‘Cursedisthe one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
21 ‘Cursedisthe one who lies with any kind of animal.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
22 ‘Cursedisthe one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
23 ‘Cursedisthe one who lies with his mother-in-law.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
24 ‘Cursedisthe one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
25 ‘Cursedisthe one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
26 ‘Cursedisthe one who does not confirmallthe words of this law by observing them.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’