The Laws to Write on the Large Stones in the Promised Land |
Deuteronomy 27:1-26 Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses |
Moses & the elders of Israel [ordered] the people, saying, Keep all the commandments that I [give] you [today.] |
It shall [happen,] on the day you pass over [the] Jordan [River] into the land [that] the Lord your God gives you, you shall [put] up [large] stones in Mount Ebal & plaster them. You shall write upon them all the words of this law, [after] you have passed over, [so] you may go into the land [that] the Lord your God gives to you. |
A land that flows with milk & honey; [like] the Lord God of your [forefathers] promised you. [In Mount Ebal] you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, [with] whole [uncut] stones [that] no iron tool [has been used] on them. |
You shall offer burnt offerings [on it] to the Lord your God. You shall offer Peace Offerings & shall eat [them] there & rejoice before the Lord your God. You shall write the words of this law very plainly upon the stones. |
Moses & the priests, the Levites, [spoke] to all Israel, saying, [Pay attention & listen,] O Israel. You [have] become the people of the Lord your God this day. Therefore, you shall obey the voice of the Lord your God & do His commandments & His [mandates, that] I [give] you this day. |
The same day, Moses charged the people, saying, These [tribes] shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you [have] come over [the] Jordan; Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph & Benjamin. |
And these [tribes] shall stand upon Mount Ebal [to proclaim a] curse; Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan & Naphtali. |
The Levites shall say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice, Cursed [is] the man [who makes] any [carved or molded] image, an abomination to the Lord. |
The work of the hands of the craftsman, [who puts] it in a secret place. All the people shall answer & say, Amen. Cursed [are those] who [put a lamp] [in their tent at night] by his father or his mother [which is disrespectful.] All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed [are those who remove] his neighbor’s landmark. All the people shall say, Amen. Cursed [are those who] make the blind to wander out. of the [road.] All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed [are those who pervert the justice] for the stranger, fatherless & widow. All the people shall say, Amen. Cursed [are those who lie intimately with their] father’s wife; because he uncovers his father’s [bedshirt] [which dishonors his father’s bed.] All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed [are those who lie intimately with any type of animal.] All the people shall say, Amen. Cursed [are those who lie intimately with their sister, the daughter of their] father or mother. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed [are those who lie intimately with their] mother-in-law. All the people shall say, Amen. Cursed [are those who strike] their neighbor secretly. All the people shall say, Amen. |
Cursed [are those who take a bribe to kill] an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amen. Cursed [are those who don’t] confirm all the words of this law & do them. All the people shall say, Amen. |